Oedipus Journal 4

The end of Oedipus shows how important honor is to the characters. Oedipus is humiliated by what has happened with his mother and father, and in response to this, he blinds himself. This is so that he cannot see anyone, even after death when he joins his mother and father. He wishes a better fate for his daughters, and goes along with being exiled. He wants to be exiled because he is humiliated by what has happenned to him.