Two Paths Converge in a Wood

   As we finished reviewing The Wood Beyond the World our discussion turned to the two very different quests that were present.  The first is that of Walter and the second being the Maid's.  We explored both, and it seems to me, that it is the Maid's quest that is the more teleological. 
   From the beginning of the test it seems that Walters only purpose is to escape.  He wants to be distanced from his rather rocky marriage, he dreads going back to help his father.  He wants to find the beautiful Lady and the maid, wants to know where they come from.  At his first chance he abandons all of his responsibilities to find out.  While we can say that his purpose is achieved when he is made king and lives the rest of his life married to the Maid in a city far from his old life, it does feel as if he is more blessed by chance than he has acted on a carefully thought out plan.
  The Maid, however, from the very first that we meet her, has a plan and is acting it out.  She wishes to be free from her shackles and to run away with Walter.  Throughout the story we see her taking deliberate step to achieve this goal.  It is at last realized with the death of the Lady and the Dwarf and her marriage to Walter. 
  While both can be seen as teleological, it seems that the Maid is more so.  It is not by random happenstance that her goal is accomplished.  Walter wants to get away, and this is done, though he has hardly thought a plan out.  The question, then, is: To be teleological, does a quest have to be well thought out or can it simply be stumbled upon with a vague idea of how to get to your desired end?