In the Athenian tragedy Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, the character Jocasta was the victim of the negative actions of others. In the play Jocasta was the widow to Laius, who was thought to have been murdered by a band of thieves. Little did she know that her late husband was murdered by her now husband Oedipus, who turned out to be her son. When she learned the truth she hung herself. Jocasta had little to do with what happened to her as it was the actions of the men her life that ultimately led to her demise. Before Oedipus was born there was a prophecy that if Jocasta and Laius had a son, that son would kill his father and have sex with his mother. Jocasta did in fact have a son with Laius and according to the poem “Jocasta”, written
