Is Oedipus a victim of fate or a victim of his own actions?

One
could argue that Kingis a victim of fate in Sophocle's classic play and that there was no way he
could avoid his destiny. As a child, King Laius andconsulted an oracle, who told them that their
son would one day murder his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to avoid fate, Laius and
Jocasta fastened a rope around Oedipus's ankles and gave him to a servant to leave in the
mountains. However, the servant took pity on the infant and gave him to shepard, who presented
him to King Polybus and Queen Merope in Corinth. Oedipus was raised in Corinth under the
impression that...