Free Fallin' Response

In Oedipus Rex, fate and freewill play a major role in determining the outcome of Oedipus' life. From birth, Oedipus' fate is that he will marry his mother, and kill his father. In attempt to avoid this nasty fate, his biological parents abandon him. Not knowing that he was free of his biological parents, Oedipus freewillingly escaped the control of his adoptive parents. The collision of fate and freewill are what lead to such a tragedy that Oedipus Rex is. Although Oedipus thinks he is defeating his fate by freewill, he in fact is only putting himself in position to follow his fate. This relationship proves that fate is not something one can control, but will simply happen, and as Oedipus reveals, trying to avoid fate may only put one closer.