Intuition and Oedipus

Oedipus believes that he can escape his fate but his intuition leads him into the midst of the disaster he was hoping to avoid. Oedipus was fated to murder his father and marry his mother, and his intuition lead him to where he NEEDED to be. He felt sure that if he left the home and the parents he had always known that he would be able to escape that fate. Unfortunately that was what led him to his doom. Again, Oedipus had self-confidence in spades and so always seemed to trust is instincts. Intuition also leads Oedipus to his fate.