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…showed last 75 words of 1580 total…is the important of the last two lines of the play? Oedipus has lived a hard and tragic life, which he was not in control of. The mistakes of his parents and the wills of gods shaped his life. He was the victim in all this and the reader pities Oedipus and understands his misfortune. All of his life he was in pain, the last two lines reflect the pity the populace feels for him.