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Conciliatory but dismissive and escapist is Jocasta's image in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta demonstrates conciliation when she tries to find common ground in the fight between her second husband King Oedipus and her brother Creon. She exhibits dismissiveness when she speaks of oracles, predictions and prophets. She expresses escapism when she veers away from anything that may be necessary but unpleasant to know.

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