... seems that her hypocrisy turned into a genuine desire to die. Furthermore, Phaedra is also hypocritical in behavior towards her husband. She is not only deceiving him and lying to him, but she also influenced him first to banish Hippolytus and then to disown him, for her own peace of mind and emotional healing. And even her revenge in the end is hypocritical. If one loves someone deeply, they cannot hurt him. Therefore, if her feelings of affection for Hippolytus were genuine, she would not want to hurt him, even in an indirect way, but she did falsely accused him. Theseus is also hypocritical. He accepts Phaedra's claim as truth not because he is devoted to her and blindly believes in her innocence and integrity, but because he himself feels threatened by Hippolytus. His selfishness and insecurity about his own legitimacy motivate his quick-tempered curse against Hippolytus. He would not ...

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