Letters the characters might have written.
(From Jocasta -the queen, wife of Oedipus- to Oedipus)
My dear son,
I fear for you. Your future pains me. It is not because of what you are- my dear sweet child- but what you will become, that I must rid you of this life. Your life will be full of pains and I cannot bear to see that happen. At your birth Apollo told me you would shed your father's blood and make love to your mother. You are my greatest joy, but I cannot allow you to suffer how you will. But I am not strong enough. I cannot kill you with my own hands. I will give you to another. Let them do the deed. Your future will hold no joy that exceeds its pains, and for that I am frightened.
(From A Shepard to Apollo)
O Apollo!
The son of Laius was given to me by his wife. She told me to kill it. She was afraid of frieghtening prophecies. The prophecies told of this child who would kill his parents. But I cannot, cannot do it! I am conflicted. I fear for the child. Fear for what he will become. But I pity him. The poor little baby. Perhaps if I gave him to another man that man would take him off to his own country. Perhaps that would save this child from his fate. This child was born for pain. O Apollo, I hope by giving this child to another his pain will be spared!
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