Sophocles' position on fate versus freewill

Destiny, also known as fate, is the way things in general happen because of a supposed power. Jean de La Fontaine once said,“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” Many, like the ancient Greek playwright, Sophocles, agree with Fontaine's view. By having the characters try to escape from their own fate to no avail, Sophocles shows that whatever one does to avoid one's fate, he will not succeed.
Sophocles shows the characters' futures are already determined. Jocasta says the she, along with her husband, Laius, are told their fate by Apollo's priests. As she explains to Oedipus, “[The oracle] said Laius was doomed to be murdered by a son, his son and mine” (56). Laius and Jocasta, horrified, decide to get rid of their son that will eventually kill Laius. They both want to change this fate. Laius orders to pierce the child's feet behind the ankles and abandon him up in a mountain in the wilderness of rocks. Jocasta goes along in giving Oedipus to the servant for fear of the oracle's prediction. Later on as Oedipus grows up he decides to go find the truth of his real parents and goes to Delphi. Apollo does not answer him but tells him his destiny instead. As Oedipus says, “He made me see… myself, doomed to sleep with my own mother, doomed to bring children … no one could bear to see, doomed to murder the man who gave me life, whose blood is my blood. My father” (59). Apollo shows Oedipus that he has a destined future of misery with his real parents. Oedipus being blind of this truth flees to see those dreadful predictions come true. They all convince themselves that they have outrun fate and thus the prophecy will not come true.
As the characters keep believing in freewill, Sophocles shows how they’ve fooled themselves. Jocasta tries to convince Oedipus to stop stressing over the oracle's prediction, “Luck is everything. Things happen. The future is darkness. … It's best to live in the moment, live for today ...” (66) Sophocles is showing her as unwilling to believe in fate since she already escaped her fate once when getting rid of her child. She thinks fate is nonsense that no one should bother about. This opinion changes as she realizes her truth. As she is begging Oedipus to stop trying to find out further truth she says, “Forget about him. Forget what was said. It's not worth talking about. … No more questions. … Isn’t my anguish enough—more than enough?” (71). Here Jocasta finally figures out on her own before Oedipus that she never truly avoided her fate
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Even though Laius, Jocasta and Oedipus did not know of each other, their attempts to overcome their destiny led them directly to the one predicted by the oracles. In Thebes, the search to find the murderer of Laius, leads toward the truth behind the murderer finally coming out. Oedipus cries in despair once he know the truth, “All, all the oracles have been proven true. … I am the child of parents who should never have been mine … Now everything is clear-I lived with a woman, she was my mother, I slept in my mother's bed … I murdered … my father, the man whose blood flows in these veind of mine, whose blood stains these two … hands (77). Oedipus is upset that all along he had been following his true destiny rather than avoiding it. Sophocles shows through him that many other people now try to do this every day. Oedipus attempted to not let their fate come true and learn that they can never truly avoid their destiny.
The characters in the tragedy make themselves believe that fate is not true and that it can be avoided. They believe free-will can alter their destiny. The characters learn that no matter what they attempt, their destined future will stay the same. Sophocles was trying to prove a point to the Greeks who were beginning to believe more in free-will than in their Gods. Now, many people may not believe in fate not being able to be changed and be more in favor of free-will. Some people may still agree with Sophocles. These ideas can be seen differently based on one's own view of life.