Should Oedipus be blamed for his actions? Was he right to punish himself?

Yes, Oedipus shoukd be blamed for what he had done. throughout history killing your own father and participating in incest has been frowned upon. But there is alot of controversy with this question because Oedipus was told of his horrid fate and did punish himself by stabbing his eyes out. Did he deserve this cruel fate? noone does. was he right to do this? no. although he would have murdered someone and married his mother, noone should be killed even if they had killed someone themselves. imprisonment for life would have been fair enough.

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