Let's first discuss Jocasta; unfortunately she was an unwitting victim of circumstance. ... Jocasta is not really weak-minded, but due to her submissive nature she was a victim, a victim to the oracle, a victim to her husband, and a victim in the end to her son and herself. ... Even though the play was about Oedipus, Jocasta was just as much a tragic victim of fate as he was. ...

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