Although the gods controlled the characters' lives, it was the characters' limited free will to choose the path that would ultimately lead to their demise. This is demonstrated when Oedipus heard that "[he] was condemned in advance to enlarge [his] mother and to kill [his] father, with [his] own hands shedding his [father's] blood ]”. (Sophocles, 1005- 1007) “[...Oedipus] fled, putting the stars [between him] and Corinth, never to see his home again, so that such horror would never happen. (Sophocles, 796-797). Not wanting to be a victim of his fate, Oedipus left his parents' home because he did not want to kill the people he thought were his parents. It was his free will that led him to Thebes. If Oedipus had wanted to fulfill his prophecy, he would have stayed in Corinth and tried to kill Polybius. Although he was destined to meet Laius on his way to Thebes, he did not know that it was actually his father when he killed him. Another example would be when Jocasta did not want the prophecy to come true, so “[she] gave [Oedipus to the shepherd]” (Sophocles, 1071) so that he “[be] destroyed” (Sophocles, 1073 ). Jocasta had no intention of fulfilling the prophecy. Although their lives were primarily controlled by fate, Jocasta had the free will to abandon her baby boy, hoping that the prophecy "[saying] that the child should kill