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After realizing Jocasta is dead, Oedipus _____.

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Gouged his own eyes out.
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After realizing Jocasta is dead, Oedipus blinds himself.

Step-by-step explanation:

When Jocasta came to know that Oedipus was her son whom she has abandoned in his childhood, she hangs herself. After the death of Jocasta, Oedipus comes to know that she was his mother. He realized that he has killed his father and had married his mother. In despair, he gouged his eyes and blinded himself.

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