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Jocasta, Blame or not ?

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And, Jocasta, Oedipus’ wife and queen, who has born him four children, is his mother! Consequently, frustrated by the ruthless facts, Jocasta hangs herself while Oedipus blinds and exiles himself. From the same book, we also notice that, compared with Oedipus and her brother, Creon, Jocasta’s role is not much emphasized by Sophocles although she is a very important character in this play...
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She appeared when Oedipus and Cron were bitterly quarrelling and came to peace them. Then, as the Corinth messenger came, Jocasta soon realized the cruel facts and went to commit suicide “as the only escape in a desperate misfortune” (Loraux 4), for she couldn’t bear the agony of looking at her son whom she had ordered killed and whom she had married...
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