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Does Creon kill Jocasta

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

No, Theban King Creon doesn't kill Theban Queen Jocasta. The two of them are brother and sister. The play 'Oedipus Rex' gives no indication of any enmity or ill will between the two.

Jocasta indeed dies an unnatural death. But it's at her own hands. She kills herself.

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