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What does jocasta tell odepus in the end?

In Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex", Jocasta reveals the truth about Oedipus's parentage to him towards the end of the play. She informs him that he is unknowingly married to his own mother and has killed his biological father, Laius. Upon discovering this terrible revelation, Oedipus feels immense guilt and despair, driving him to ultimately blind himself and go into exile.

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