Oedipus Rex as a tragedy of fate or freewill

Oedipus Rex as a tragedy of fate or freewill is a question in the syllabus of English Literature.When we see the history then we find the tragedy of oedipus rex because history saves every thing on the papaper to forward it next to its readers.Oedipus is the name of a person and Rex is called to King in another word so Oedipus Rex is the name of a king who was very loyal to its countrymen and was very famous due to his justice with himself and with his people.Before discussing to the Oedipus Rex is a tragedy of fate or free will,it is very important for all but mostly for the students of English Literature and English Linguistics that what is fate and freewill?

The word 'Fate' comes from a Latin word 'Fatum' which means 'that which has been spoken'.

Greeks belived in 'Fatalism',which means that fate of a person is decided and it is unchangeable and man can not do anything against his fate and he even can not change his destiny.

Now Freewill is totally an opposite term to fate,fate bounds to the already written script for us and freewill is free from all these boundings and a man can do anything which he wants.Fate and Freewill are two different terms having conflicts that which one is greater.Either in Oedipus Rex,there are many example related to the powers of Oedipus and powers related to Fate.When Oedipus is born then an oracle tells to the king of corinth about his fate that Oedipus will kill his own father and will become a king of corinth and will marry to his own mother.This statement was full of worries for the king and queen.King decided to kill his son,he sent his son with shepherd but shepherd did not kill him but left him.Then Oedipus is saved and become a prince of another state.When he meets with an oracle in a party then oracle tells him that he will kill his father and will marry to his own mother.After hearing this he runs away to the corinth and on a place he kills the of corinth and solves a very difficult riddle of Sphinx.After this he becomes the king of corinth and unknowingly marries to his own mother.But he does not know that to whom he killed and with whom he married.After some day he realizes about a curse on corinth and by asking to the Tiresias  he comes to know that some one has committed a blunder.He starts to investigates and knows about the murder of the king of corinth,there he curses to the murderer and suggests punishment for that murderer.He abuses to the Tiresias and to many other characters due to his harshness by which he killed the king in anger.When he Comes to know that he is a murderer and incested with his mother then he gets punishment which he suggested for murderer and do holes in his eyes.This is the tragedy of Oedipus Rex,a famous king who always acted upon his words and never hated to his nation.He did many wrong faults due to the errors in his personality which is his hamartian element.His harshness and wrong decissions destroyed him but he always tried to escape from his fate and he tried to make his own destiny which is not possible.He forgot that he can not give deceive to his fate and he destroyed his fate.At the end of this drama,Chorus concludes this tragedy by warning people that do not be so proud and harsh and he says that only way to happiness is through humility and respect towards the gods.

           Men of Thebes, look upon Oedipus.

           This is the king who solved the famous riddle.

He says that this king was most powerful but he tried to deceive his fate and fate is fate.He destroyed his own life.

          Yet in the end,ruin swept over him

Chorus says that fate is fate and never try to forget this that fate is superior than freewill,otherwise no one will be able to save a man from destruction.