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A 5 page paper which examines the characters’ attitudes toward their husbands, their positions in society, and their sons. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Store - April 2001 -- properly! They may be two of the most famous (or infamous) women in
the history of world literature, forever linked by what Sigmund Freud referred to as an "Oedipus Complex," but very little is revealed about Jocasta in Sophocles Oedipus the King, or
Gertrude in William Shakespeares The Tragedy of Hamlet. Both plays are dominated by the presence of strong male characters, with Jocasta and Gertrude remaining merely lurking in the shadows,
often mute. Considering their attitudes concerning their husbands, their positions in society, and their sons is a speculative venture at best, because these mysterious women seldom express anything resembling
an opinion in each of their respective plays. These women obviously have a great deal in common. Both are Queens, and as befitting of their positions, sit poised
atop the social ladder. Jocasta and Gertrude are each the mothers of sons, have been widowed, and remarried to powerful and ambitious men. While the similarities cannot be
ignored, these women are not clones of each other (although Shakespeare may well have used the Sophocles interpretation of Jocasta in his characterization of Gertrude), and do have differing attitudes
on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the performance of her public duties. It
becomes apparent that she would prefer being just a wife and mother to being Queen of Thebes. She is a woman who relies heavily upon her husband. When
her first husband, Laius, turns their young son out into the wilderness in ankle shackles because a prophet has warned him that the son will one day kill him, Jocasta
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