nted to know his fate and was more than likely willing to accept it as he pretty much knew what it was going to be. Oedipus hears of his dead he has done unknowingly in these lines: All right! His son they said it was his son! But the one inside, your wife, She’d tell it best My wife, she gave it to you? Yes, yes, my king Why, what for? To kill it Her own child, How could she? She was afraid Frightening prophecies What? They said he He’d kill his parents (1286-1299)Oedipus now knowing that he was the son of Laius whom he had killed. He also now knew that he had married his mother. Oedipus does not try to deny this and shows remorse as he speaks: O’ god All come true, burst to light! O light – now let me look my last on you! I stand revealed at last. Cursed in my birth, cursed in my marriage Cursed in the lives that I cut down with these hands (1305-1310)Oedipus now not hiding from the truth but standing before everyone ashamed of his deeds. Oedipus’s mother, Jocasta now commits suicide as the memories rush back to her and she feels shame and guilt. Oedipus stricken with guilt and shame himself for what he unknowingly did has come to terms with his fate. Oedipus says to Creon as he makes his way from the city and into Exile: I’d never have come to this My father’s mur...