Oedipus Rex
More than 2,420 years old but still studied today, the play ‘Oedipus Rex’ tells a tragic tale of mistaken identities, inescapable fates, and horrific human misdeeds. Contributors typically compare and contrast the play’s characters, storytelling techniques, and subject matter with similar pieces of literature from the same and different settings and time periods.
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She is full of hubris and very independent. She stands up for what she believes in disregarding the law of the city and only the...
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In Greek times, woman were considered property. They were not allowed to have or express opinions. Antigone's blatant disregard...
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Creon fears these things the most in the play Antigone: 1. His authority being challenged by a womanand2. His pride being hurt by...
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"Upon the murderer I invoke this curse- whether he is one man and all unknown, or one of many- may he wear out his life in...
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Sophocles [496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.] is the playwright of the Oedipus plays. Specifically, he's the author of 'Oedipus Rex',...
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What should happen when individual actions and beliefs don't line up with a particular society's definitions of acceptable and...
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No. He lunges at Creon, misses, and stabs himself to be dead with Antigone.
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The Sphinx was holding Thebes captive until someone answered it's riddle. Desperate for relief, Creon offers whoever can answer...
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The Sphinx is what Oedipus frees Thebans from in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Sphinx...
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The play 'Antigone' is considered a tragedy, because of the drastic consequences of the story's events. Excepting Teiresias,...
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It is in self-defense that Oedipus kills an old man in the crossroads in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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The Oedipus complex is the attraction to your parent of the opposite sex and the hatred of your parent of the same sex. Oedipus...
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A series of three plays that cover the life and impact of Theban King Oedipus is what is meant by the 'Oedipus cycle'. The first...
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You are an idiot. You should just read the book cause it takes like 30 minutes to read.
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Jocasta, Oedipus' mother is the mother and grandmother of Oedipus' children.
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Yes, justice is served, but no, it is not yet complete, at the end of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.)....
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Most children outgrow these complexes before adulthood.
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A pestilence is what Theban King Oedipus learns is threatening to destroy his city at the beginning of the play. It threatens the...
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Alienated, angry and embittered is how Haemon and Eurydice feel about Theban King Creon at the moment of death in the play...
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Consulting the Delphic oracle is what happens immediately after Oedipus flees Corinth in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -...
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Walking is the way in which Oedipus gets from Corinth to Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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Compassionate, impatient, inconsistent and practical describes Oedipus' character in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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That he is accessible, anticipatory, results-orientedand straightforward are reasons why Oedipus is a good king in "Oedipus Rex"...
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Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) is the author of the play "Oedipus Rex." Specifically, the original title of the play is...
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Through the use of plot structure, language/dialogue, and the literary devices of irony and foreshadowing.
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Thebes is afflicted by a bad harvest, and Theban King Oedipus wishes to know why. His brother-in-law and uncle Creon is sent to...
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Well Oedipus was fated to kill his father and marry his mother because of an older curse his family had gained when King Laius,...
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It is to Oedipus' defeat of the Sphinx, incest with his mother, self-mutilation and years in exile that "Myth" by Muriel Rukeyser...
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Because the oracle told them that their son Ödipus would kill his father (i.e. Laius) and then marry his wife (Jocasta, Oedipus'...
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It is by following proper procedure that Creon acts as a foil for Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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It was Antigone; Creon's decree was that Polynices was not be be given burial rights but Antigone violated this decree by burying...
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A strophe is a stanza. During the stanza, singers dance from one side of the stage to the other. The stanza that's sung while...
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Sophocles [496 B.C.E.* - 406 B.C.E.] explores the contrast of blindness and vision in 'Oedipus Rex' for dramatic effect and for a...
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From a bureaucrat who curries favor with the gods, dislikes conflict and prefers being part of a team, to a dictator who insults...
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It is the chorus leader who convinces Oedipus to allow Creon to leave in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). ...
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Blinding himself is what Antigone's father does as punishment in the Oedipus plays by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (496...
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That Creon is a team member who controls his emotions and goes by the book and that Oedipus is a leader who runs with his...
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Disconnection from the reality of a situation is what is dramatic irony in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). ...
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In antistrophe 3 of the parados, the chorus concludes with a plea for Bacchus' help. Bacchus is a god who's liked while the war...
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his message is that one should not, under any circumstances, let ones own power, or sense thereof, go to one's head. One is...
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That they are bandits in the pay of anti-royalists in Thebes is a theory that Oedipus develops about Laius' death in "Oedipus...
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After the news of Polybus' death and before the interview with the Theban shepherd is the point at which Oedipus learns that the...
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Athena's shrines are the oracular twin shrines of Pallas in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically,...
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Pick up their things and go home is what Oedipus orders his citizens to do in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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selflessness and self-centeredness
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Concerned and proactive is the way in which Oedipus reacts to the suppliants and their priest in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495...
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Actually, Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) did not write his Theban plays "Oedipus Rex," "Oedipus at Colonus" and "Antigone"...
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Yes, Oedipus is narcissistic in his conceit but no, he is not narcissistic in terms of selfishness in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles...
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No, Theban King Creon doesn't talk about the same types of gods and laws as does his niece Antigone. The King takes the...
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The incentive moment is the exact point at which someone resolves to do something regardless of the possible consequences. In the...
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Ticking clock, in the middle of things, flashback and back-story are three literary techniques used in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles...
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By requesting the name of the slayer and then consulting with the blind prophet Teiresias Theban King Oedipus plans to solve the...
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That he is the cause of the pestilence and that he is Laius' killer is the dramatic irony in Oedipus' speeches in "Oedipus Rex"...
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That one kills her children whereas the other kills his father is the difference between Medea in Greek mythology and Oedipus in...
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It is participating in Laius' murder and then conspiring to grab royal powers that Oedipus accuses Teiresias of in "Oedipus Rex"...
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Menoeceus is the father of Theban King Creon and of Theban Queen Jocasta. So he's the father-in-law of son Creon's wife, Theban...
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That her husband dies at the very place Oedipus kills someone is what upsets Oedipus about Jocasta's story of Laius' death in...
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His parentage is Oedipus' hamartia in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, hamartia refers to a...
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Oedipus' wife (and mother) prays at the altar of Apollo, asking him to keep the truth from Oedipus' eyes so he may not fall.
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That the play is strong in character study and dramatic structure but weak in its beginning are the literary criticisms of...
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Formalism describes the elements of a drama as being predictable in their expression and presentation. One example in the play...
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Foreshadowing is important in the play 'Antigone'. In terms of the readers and viewers, it's a preparation for the dark turns...
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The setting of the play 'Antigone' is the city of Thebes. Most of the action takes place in and around the royal palace. But...
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That the one is an adaptation of the other and that one is set in ancient Greece and the other in Nigeria is a way of comparing...
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That mother-son incest is an element of the plot is a similarity between "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) and...
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The play and the blinding are the quotes that refer to Oedipus in the 1997 Disney film "Hercules." Specifically, Hercules...
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She the wife of Laius, her son was Oedipus by Laius, thus she married her son - who had killed -unknowingly - his father. By her...
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That fate cannot be avoided and that prophecies come true is the recognition in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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That the city is so afflicted by the pestilence that her head cannot be raised is an example of personification in "Oedipus Rex"...
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Sisters and Princesses of Thebes are the identities of Antigone and Ismene in the play "Antigone."Specifically, the sisters are...
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That they may not be true is the chorus' attitude toward the old prophecies in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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Oedipus' impatience or Teiresias' reluctance or increasing old age may explain Teiresias' delay in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles...
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"Slain in a skirmish where the three roads meet?" (756)"Slain in a skirmish where the three roads meet?" (756)"Thrill through my...
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No he is dead. Oedipus killed him
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According to Aristotle's definition, Oedipus is a tragic hero because he is a king whose life falls apart when he finds out his...
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Well, that depends on who you are asking. I don't think that Oedipus was weak. I think he was an amazingly strong character...
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Religious beliefs and ethics versus Law/ Politics. Creon attempted to stop a religious process using his legal authority and...
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Oedipus accused "Creon" of trying to take over the throne, and conspiracy against him.
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There is no surviving written record by Sophocles (c. 496 B.C.E.* - c. 406 B.C.E.) as to why he wrote the play "Oedipus Rex." ...
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The direct descendants of the founder and first king of Thebes is what is meant by the House of Cadmus. The city's founding dates...
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There are two main moral issues in the play 'Antigone'. One is the question of disobedience or obedience to inhumane, unfair,...
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Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh [June 23, 1910-October 3, 1987] was interested in individual and mass reactions to established...
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The end of Oedipus' interaction with the Corinthian messenger and the Theban shepherd is the climax of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles...
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That his free will choices lead him to the exact outcome prophesied as his fate is what makes Oedipus' predicament fascinating in...
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Four (4) is the number of choral odes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, the first ode comes...
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Yes, "Oedipus Rex" was written after Homer's "Iliad." Specifically, ancient Greek poet Homer is thought to have written "The...
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It is in defense of his legitimate claim that Polyneices leads the invasion of the "Seven Against Thebes" by Aeschylus (525/524...
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That he is supposed to be put to death but that he survives are important circumstances surrounding Oedipus' birth in "Oedipus...
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That Oedipus is the main character and that he is king for illegal, offensive reasons is the significance of the title "Oedipus...
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Antigone, Ismene, and Polyneices and Eteocles are the names of Oedipus' children in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405...
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That whoever has information but does not share and that whoever harbors or helps the guilty in Laius' murder will be executed or...
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Yes, Oedipus is a tyrannical ruler in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, a ruler is tyrannical if...
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Well, gee, they are very important to the story, but they have a lesser role that some other greek tales. Oedipus is abandoned by...
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Antigone is considered a tragic hero, because tragic heroes have several qualities: They are royal, they have a tragic flaw that...
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He was god of Light, Music, Prophecies, Poetry, and Archery. His symbol is the Lyre.
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