Jocasta And Jocasta

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In Oedipus Tyrannus, the cultural way of thinking has been challenged by Oedipus himself and also the queen of Thebes, Jocasta. Oedipus is a king of Thebes who claimed himself to be incredibly smart for solving the riddles and he has helped the city who happened to be falling apart from the missing of their king. While in searching for the murderer of Laius, Oedipus called upon the presence of Teresias – the blind prophet. Oedipus requested Teresias to inform him about the truth that he knew about the secrets of the heaven and the earth (Sophocles, 1970). As a king Oedipus looked at himself as the one who hold the power and Teresias is expected to give what he asked for. However, Teresias refused to answer Oedipus’ question. He describes this …show more content…

She suggested “…it is better to live as you will, live as you can.” (Sophocles, 1970, p.22). She is going outside of her role as a queen, where she is expected to be supportive, encouraging and guiding but instead she is going outside the way people conducted themselves. Jocasta is hiding the truth about the existence of Oedipus. Her self-autonomy further been emphasised in her dialogue where she mentioned it does not really matter who Oedipus is and “what difference does it make?” (Sophocles, 1970, p.24). Consequently, in regard to her action, Jocasta was found dead by her own hand because of the horrible suffering that she carried with her (Sophocles, 1970, p.28). Again, this suggests the idea of individual freedom in Greek democratic culture does not exist in the 5th century …show more content…

Crito points out if Socrates will not escape from the prison, the children of Socrates will be abandoned by his own father. Crito describes this as betrayal of a father, whom should raise and educate his children but he, the father, is going away and abandoning the children instead. (Plato, 45d). In here, Crito is trying to find out on what most appeals to Socrates, whether it is family. In fact, Socrates argues that his children are better off living with Crito rather than live with him in Thessaly which he describes the city as being full with plenty of disorder and disobedience. Thus will bring a negative effect on his children. (Plato,

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