Moreover, it is I who have acquired the powers that were his and share his marriage bed and fertile wife” (Sophocles 18, line 260). He rants and rejoices that he has seen the truth. Then he returns to his palace, unable to bear it any longer and blinds himself, staggers and demands that someone send him into exile. Will this be enough to cleanse his sense of guilt? The ambiguity lies in the fact that Oedipus continues to live while both his father and mother die violent deaths that are inherently his fault. Even in modern times ignorance of the law is not a problem