Finally, the blinding truth comes out ... it is dreadfully fitting that Oedipus blinds himself. Even more ghoulish, he takes his revenge on himself using the bejeweled pins from Jocasta’s ...

When he learns the truth, he blinds himself. Icke has brought this great tale bang up to date, turning Oedipus into an ambitious politician, rather than a king, and Jocasta into a complex partner.