is a
complicated character, to put it mildly, and therein lies the seeds of her development. She is
no flat, generic queen, but then she can't be; she is, after all, both mother and wife toand so
needs to play two roles at once. In the midst of all the ensuing tumult, she has to stay strong
and hold her family together come what may. This becomes all the more imperative once she
realizes the terrible truth about Oedipus's true parentage.
Yet she
eventually succumbs to weakness, ending her life as she can no longer live with the shame and
the horror that has been brought upon her family. In that sense, Jocasta is indeed a dynamic
character; she isn't the same woman at the end of the play as she was at the beginning. Then, we
should recall, she showed herself to be outspoken and fearless, reprimanding Oedipus andover
their petty bickering. If there's one person who can get through what's about to follow, we
think, it must be Jocasta. Tragically, she defeats our...
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