Oedipus and Jocasta Disagreed About the Best Course of Action

question 25

Multiple Choice

Oedipus and Jocasta disagreed about the best course of action because

• A) Oedipus needed to spearate from his mother and become an independent male (in Jungian terms).
• B) males and females typically have different sets of priorities in Greek myth.
• C) Jocasta understands that "going forward" in a heroic way is usually destructive for women.
• D) all of the above

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