Oedipus+Rex

In Oedipus Rex, a guy named Oedipus had a very hard life. He was raised in a family that wasn't even his own. He ran away from where he was living because the prediction of him marrying his mother and killing his father. When he ran away, he got into a rage. What he didn't know was that was his father, the king of Thebes. Then, he met a woman named Jocasta, his real mother, and they got married. So, the prediction came true.

One day, he found out about what he did. So, he was trying to find a consequence for his actions. He found Jocasta's broach and stabbed his eyes to make him blind so he wouldn't have to physically see his actions.