In this blog im going to reveiw characters Jocasta and the shepard from the story "Oedipus the king" on how they were related or had any connection with Oedipus. Including information on thier personalilty and behavior, also if and how was the character involved in Oedipus tragedy. The first character im going to talk about is Jocasta the relationship Jocasta had with Oedipus was that she is his mother and wife also the mother of his children. Jocasta behavior throught the play was loving and motherly but toward the end of the play while everything negative was coming out of the closet she becomes distant and depressed. Just before Jocasta commits suicide she states a quote giving us her theory on man and wisdom "Not a man on Earth can see a day ahead, groping through the dark meaning no average man can see his destiny ahead of time. Jocasta had alot to do with the tragedy of Oedipus because she was the one to birth him then send him away then be so willing to marry the next king to come along not to long after her husband dies. The other charater that im going to talk about is the shepard he didnt have any relation to Oedipus. His personality from the begining was distant he mostly stayed in the mountains. Shepard had a big role in the tragedy cause the Shepard was the one the royal family gave the baby to when they wanted him to be excuted but instead of killing the baby he takes him to a far away town and gave it to a couple.
