Catharsis

Catharsis is ultimately reached on page 61 when the attendant tells of the horrors that Jocasta and Oedipus have commited: "a strangled woman swinging before our eyes... With golden brooches, which the King snatched out and thrust, from full arm's length, into his eyes". Here, catharsis is ultimately reached because it shows the final downfall of Oedipus, his wife/mother has killed herself and he is so emotionally distressed he blinds himself. This signifies the start of catharsis.