Mother and Son
The relationship between mother and son is often complicated and varies family to family. Though no other mother son relationship compares to the legend of Oedipus and Jocasta. Jocasta and Oedipus want the best for their kingdom and family but their weaknesses causes them to make decisions leading to the inevitable prophecy actualization. They are alike in that their weaknesses lead to their eventual downfall. Jocasta’s careless actions create unresolved guilt while Oedipus must deal with his hubris and anger that causes him to make rash decisions.
Jocasta’s major weakness is her carelessness to events that others would take more seriously resulting in unresolved guilt. When Laius was killed she did not investigate into the matter but instead remarried the first new person to enter Thebes. In addition, she willingly abandoned her son due to the prophecy and she never told Oedipus about Laius or her child prior to the plague. When everything starts to unfold she does not want Oedipus to bother looking into Lauis’ murder any further. In addition, when she tells him to calm down over the events taking place she speaks to …show more content…
He saved Thebes and defeated the Sphinx using his intelligence, which encouraged his feelings of superiority further. He boasts of this achievement when he says to the Chorus “I came, know-nothing, Oedipus, I stopped the Sphinx. I answered the riddle with my own intelligence- the birds had nothing to teach me” (Sophocles 24). He believes that he is better than everyone and that there is nothing that anyone for that matter can teach him. This arrogance is why despite all of the evidence pointing towards him he continues with his curse for the murderer, unknowingly cursing him. As soon as he realizes this instead of killing himself like Jocasta his pride prompted him to accept his
The relationship between mother and son is often complicated and varies family to family. Though no other mother son relationship compares to the legend of Oedipus and Jocasta. Jocasta and Oedipus want the best for their kingdom and family but their weaknesses causes them to make decisions leading to the inevitable prophecy actualization. They are alike in that their weaknesses lead to their eventual downfall. Jocasta’s careless actions create unresolved guilt while Oedipus must deal with his hubris and anger that causes him to make rash decisions.
Jocasta’s major weakness is her carelessness to events that others would take more seriously resulting in unresolved guilt. When Laius was killed she did not investigate into the matter but instead remarried the first new person to enter Thebes. In addition, she willingly abandoned her son due to the prophecy and she never told Oedipus about Laius or her child prior to the plague. When everything starts to unfold she does not want Oedipus to bother looking into Lauis’ murder any further. In addition, when she tells him to calm down over the events taking place she speaks to …show more content…
He saved Thebes and defeated the Sphinx using his intelligence, which encouraged his feelings of superiority further. He boasts of this achievement when he says to the Chorus “I came, know-nothing, Oedipus, I stopped the Sphinx. I answered the riddle with my own intelligence- the birds had nothing to teach me” (Sophocles 24). He believes that he is better than everyone and that there is nothing that anyone for that matter can teach him. This arrogance is why despite all of the evidence pointing towards him he continues with his curse for the murderer, unknowingly cursing him. As soon as he realizes this instead of killing himself like Jocasta his pride prompted him to accept his