... words Othello acts before investigating the issue just a little further and will not listen to reason. Oedipus on the other hand is begged both by Jocasta and the shepherd not continue investigating and avoid tragedy but he refuses. This of course raises one of the most important questions regarding the two ... out the truth. He is at first certain that everything is in order and is joyous when his adoptive father dies, nevertheless by the time Jocasta realizes what has happened and runs away into the palace, so does Oedipus but he continues to hang to a thread until the shepherd finall...

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... end. In Oedipus Rex: The shepherd reveals that the child was Laius" own and was given to him by Jocasta herself. Oedipus now understands all. Looking for Jocasta, who had ran to her bridal bed, with drawn sword ready to kill her. However, Jocasta had pre-empted him by hanging herself. Oedipus pulled out the golden brooches that pinned her dress and put ... ...

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