In Oedipus Rex, Sophocles writes about an ancient myth telling the story of how Oedipus unwittingly not only marries his mother, Jocasta, and has four children with her, Antigone, Polyneices, Eteocles, and Ismene, but murders his father, King Laius of Thebes, as well. When they discover their predicament, Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus pierces his own eyes out. Thus, the citizens of Thebes, along with Antigone and Creon, deduce that there must be a curse placed upon Oedipus' family. Reference to the Oedipus' family curse is prevalent throughout the play, Antigone. In scene four, Antigone essentially condemns Oedipus for her death, saying "O Oedipus, father and brother! Your marriage strikes from the grave to murder mine” (1094). Antigone
