In the final events of "Oedipus Rex," Oedipus discovers that he has unwittingly fulfilled the prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother, Jocasta. Overcome with Horror and despair, Jocasta takes her own life, while Oedipus blinds himself in a fit of anguish. He then chooses to exile himself from Thebes as a means of atoning for his actions and to prevent further suffering for his people. The play concludes with Oedipus leaving the city, a tragic figure marked by his fate.
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