Even though I did not enjoy the ending of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, I did however, find the first part of the play to be interesting. It was almost like a puzzle for me, in the sense that I had to figure out what was going on from the way the characters spoke. Despite this, I was able to understand with the help of our class discussions. What caught my attention towards the end, however, was the horrible death that Iocaste experienced. Though not as horrible as the life that her son / husband will be living after his violent reaction to the terrifying news of his fulfillment of the prophecy cast upon him by Apollo; Iocaste's death signifies the punishment that Apollo placed upon her for trying to change the fate of her and her husband's life
-- trying to kill her own baby boy-Oedipus. I think the Gods have a plan for each of them and it is going to be fulfilled no matter which path they think they can take to change it. Maybe she knew that she had nothing left to live for besides shame and horror and wasn't willing to suffer. "When she had left us, In passionate silence...she ran to her apartment...her hair clutched by the fingers of both hands. ... She closed the doors... We heard her call upon Laios..." (p. 68) Or maybe she did it out of anger at the Gods, or at Oedipus for being persistent in finding out the truth.Oedipus' temper was later seen, yet again, when he took his own eyesight "...the King ripped from her gown the golden brooches that were her ornament, and raised t
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