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Jocasta

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ACT ONE

MACHAELA, ALEASE, MARY
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JOCASTA

  • Helpless Wife
  • Troubled
  • Hidden Motive

PARAPHRASE

  • Laius takes advantage of Jocasta and impregnates her.
  • He then makes her kill her own son.
  • The Sphinx comes, Laius is killed.
  • Jocasta is free.
LAIUS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF JOCASTA AND IMPREGNATES HER. HE THAN MAKES HER KILL HER OWN SON
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DICTION

  • "my husband's right"
  • "nine months drag like oxen ploughing"
  • "I sit raveling knots. The knots become a rope"
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ATTITUDE

SYMPATHETIC
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SHIFTS

  • Peace➡️Famine
  • Famine➡️Free
  • Free➡️Troubled
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JOCASTA

THE VICTIM
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THEME

ONE'S STATUS ISN'T ALWAYS LIBERATING
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