Thoughts about the ending of Oedipus the king

After reading the ending of the book, it shocked me how much Oedipus changed in person. Oedipus changed in many ways an obvious one is that he can no longer see with his eyes anymore. After hearing and noticing all the things that he has done and did wrong, he could not bear to look at his mess that he makes in his life and not only him but others involved anymore so he blinded himself. He then decides to leave everything behind and leaves the city. This is shocking because it is hard to loose all your loyalty and position in the high society and suddenly go to a place that he doesn't even know and live there. I think his personality kind of changed toward the end compared to the beginning, where he always lost his temper and was always arguing with people, where as now he is taking everything calmly and listens and pays attention to what people say not like before. I found it interesting how the blind prophet:tiresias told his future. Almost near the beginning of the play when he was arguing with tiresias and making fun of his blindness and all, tiresias implied that he will be the blind and even said he him self is the murderer. I think the ending is really interesting how the book was foreshadowing the end of the book through what characters said.