ESSAY ON: Jocasta vs. Phaedra / Comparison of Two Tragic Characters

Number of Pages 5

This research paper: A 5 page comparison of character and suicide between Queen Jocasta (Oedipus the King) and Queen Phaedra (Hippolytus). The writer argues that in both instances, the Queen was a lovelorn woman; deeply frustrated and in the end, completely desperate. Jocasta's death, however, was more sudden and rash when compared with the suicide of Phaedra who had accumulated such tendencies throughout the progression of her story. No Bibliography.


File: D0_Jocastap.doc


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