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Jocasta tries to avoid the prophecy. In the end she is punished. When Oedipus is born, he is sent away, so that Jocasta and Laius can avoid the prophecy. In the end, the prophecy is still fufilled, with disastrous results. What do you think Sophocles is trying to say about prophecies?
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