Jocasta

sign of trouble he may have been able to avoid the truth. However, he chose to continue on and unfortunately did not have the best outcome. Similiarly, Oedipus' parents made poor choices that lead to devastation. As the play unfolds we learned that Jocasta is Oedipus' mother. She abandoned her Oedipus as an infant. What would drive a new mom to leave her innocent child for dead? A prophet told her that her offspring would grow to kill her husband." An…

by Sophocles “Oedipus the King” develops the theme of blindness throughout the entire play through three of its central characters: Oedipus, Tiresias, and Jocasta. Oedipus is blind not only to whom he has killed, but also to what his life has consisted of up until the point that he killed Laius; Tiresias the prophet is physically blind; Jocasta is blind in wanting nothing but the best for her child. Through these three main characters they are not only showing that blindness does not just occur…

have sight they have another kind a vison that shows them the future. Teiresias who is the blind prophet, present the truth to King Oedipus and his wife Jocasta. Oedipus has been blind to the truth all his life. And Jocasta is also blind to the true identity of her king. The difference between blindness and seeing is how King Oedipus and Jocasta a blind to the truth of how Oedipus has become king and the prophecy that was place upon him as a child has shown its fate. And seeing refers to the…

Jocasta has no clue about Oedipus’ real childhood and life until the end of the story. The Herald says to Oedipus, “Polybus and Meropi are not of your family.”(20) Oedipus and Jocasta both thought that those were Oedipus’ parents. Jocasta says to Oedipus, “...I have the right to know what’s going on”(16) Oedipus was worried that he might have killed Laius so he asked Jocasta details of the murder. He told her that he was worried and…

and knowledge. He was the son of Laius (for his son killing him and a hero) and Jocasta (prophecy saying). Oedipus was the ruler of Thebes when he killed Sphinx the beast the was half lion and half lady. When his father first heard that Oedipus was going to kill him and marry his mother. So Laius told one of his servants to percies his ankles so he couldn’t walk and that's how he got his name Oedipus. His mother (Jocasta) handed the baby to a shepherd and was told to take the baby up to the…

This includes the suicide and self-destruction of Jocasta when she realized the truth and the loss of Oedipus’ eyesight when he found Jocasta hung by her own hand. He blinds himself because he could not bear to see the world, better yet recognize it, with now having learned the truth. Furthermore, Oedipus quickly resorted to accuse Creon of Treason…

after answering the Sphinx's riddle and saving the citizens of Thebes, he marries the Theban queen, Jocasta, not knowing that she was his true birth mother. Oedipus demonstrates his hamartia at the beginning of the play when he believes that he is the true son of Polybus and Merope in spite of the myriad of evidence. For example Choragos tells the audience…

man explained how Oedipus was not the blood son of his mother and father. Jocasta begged to hear know more, and she began to realize who Oedipus was (Oedipus Tyrannus 2.8). The Herdsman comes and wants nothing to do with explaining all he saw, for he knows the truth and the pain of what happens when it comes out. Oedipus finally finds out that he was the baby that was giving away, that he was Laius and Jocasta’s son. Jocasta was very distraught and killed herself, and upon realization of what he…

them. After learning about the prophecy that a son born of King Laius and Jocasta would end up killing the King, they decide to take matters into their own hands to prove the prophecy wrong. Jocasta tells Oedipus, “Before three days were out after his birth King Laius pierced his…

Creon, a close friend to Oedipus, aids him in his search by requesting help from multiple people, Tiresias is one of them, as well as a Herald from Corinth, and a Shepherd. They tell him that his wife, Jocasta, is his mom and the former king, Laius, who he believes he killed, was his dad. Jocasta finds out about this as well and ended up hanging herself, devastating Oedipus to the point where he stabs out his own eyes. He wants Creon to banish him so he won’t have to be seen by Theban eyes ever…