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What happens to Oedipus at the end of Oedipus the
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Oedipus blinds himself at the end of Oedipus Rex. He does this when he learns that he has killed his father and married his mother, Jocasta. Oedipus was destined to kill his father and marry his mother because it was predicted by the oracle at Delphi.

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