A Helper of Oracle Fulfillment——Jocasta: Enslaved Female Image by Patriarchy Society |
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| Abstract: | Oedipus the King is regarded as one of the most famous plays written by Sophocles.The play is about Oedipus who is doomed to the fate that was predicted by the Oracle at Delphi before his birth.As an important character of Oedipus the King,Jocasta was the mother of her husband and wife of her son,her fate made audience sigh or even cry.But,The Oracle fulfillment—Oedipus killed father and married mother not just caused by Oedipus himself,also created by his father Laius and his mother Jocasta.In this article,the author tries to express that Jocasta was a helper of the Oracle fulfillment,she was a selfish mother and careless wife whose thoughts enslaved by the Patriarchy society. |
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