The Nature of Iokaste in Oedipus Rex
By Rizal Saryadi OEDIPUS. So you dared come back. Why? How brazen of you to come to my house, You murderer! (Scene II: Page 16: 22-24) Do you think I do not Know That you Plotted to kill me, plotted to steal my throne? Tell me, in God’s name: am I coward, a fool, That you should dream you could accomplish this? A fool who could not see your slippery game? A coward, not to fight back when I saw it? You are the fool, Kreon, are you not? hoping Without support or friends to get a throne? Throne may be won or bought: you could do neither. (Page 17: 1-9) Oedipus is really angry toward Kreon. He scolds Kreon, “That is why I called you a bad friend” (Page 18; 6), as if he still need him, but it’s too late for Kreon to be a good friend because of his mind is really ugly as Oedipus considered. Especially, on the dialogue above, Oedipus is really obvious to cha