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Oedipus is often portrayed as both arrogant and a victim in Greek mythology. His arrogance and pride lead him to unknowingly fulfill the prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother, but he is also a victim of circumstances beyond his control, such as the gods' will and fate.
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Who is the biggest victim in the play Oedipus?
The victim is the chicken... Joke! It is Oedipus Rex! Why? Me dont know!
What qualities does the reader immediately see in Oedipus?
He is arrogant.
Why does Oedipus discredit Teiresias in 'Oedipus Rex'?
It is because he himself is arrogant, frightened and unaware of meeting Laius that Oedipus discredits Teiresias in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus demonstrates arrogance in asking for wise advice, which he rejects when he dislikes it. He exhibits understandable fear in hearing himself being charged with a crime for which the punishment is execution or exile. Additionally, he manifests incomprehension since he does not remember ever meeting the man that Teiresias the blind prophet claims is his murder victim.
Is Oedipus an innocent victim of an unjust fate in 'Oedipus Rex'?
No, Oedipus is not an innocent victim of an unjust fate in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Theban King Oedipus hears that he is fated to be his father's killer and his mother's husband. The fate is unjust. But Oedipus makes panic stricken choices that make possible the very fate that he so seeks to avoid.
What is the significance of Oedipus' distrust of Teiresias in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That he is arrogant and frightened is the significance of Oedipus' distrust of Teiresias in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, arrogant people are proud and have an exaggerated sense of self. Theban King Oedipus has an exaggerated sense of self when he thinks that he can mistreat his royal advisor, Teiresias the blind prophet, when the latter merely carries out his job of giving his sovereign requested information. He reveals his basically frightened nature by his panic stricken insults and threats to information that he dislikes and fears.
Where does Oedipus kill his predecessor as King of Thebes?
At a crossroads between Delphi and Thebes subsequent Theban King Oedipus kills Laius, his royal predecessor. At the time, Oedipus thinks of his victim as an arrogant man who violently asserts a false claim to right-of-way at the busy intersection of three roads. Oedipus goes on his way without giving a second thought to killing in a senseless street brawl someone old and confident enough to be his own father and sovereign. But that crime and others that he unknowingly commits come back to haunt and destroy him decades later.
How is Oedipus arrogant to Thebans in 'Oedipus Rex'?
It is by committing murder and not undergoing mandatory purification procedures for that crime or demanding them for Laius' murder that Oedipus is arrogant to Thebans in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, arrogance refers to an exaggerated sense of self. That description matches Oedipus' confident, conceited personality. For example, Oedipus kills four people but neglects to carry out mandatory cleansing rituals for them or to demand them for the murder of his royal predecessor, King Laius. He has no excuse for the omission since he is a Corinthian royal and therefore knowledgeable of what must and must not be done to appease the gods and what the polluting consequences are for everyone when proper procedure is not followed.
Who murders Laius in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Oedipus murders Laius in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus kills an older version of himself in a street brawl at the Delphi-Daulia crossroads in Phocis. He defends himself against an arrogant older man and his rowdy companions. Years later, Oedipus comes to realize that the stranger is Laius, his royal predecessor at Thebes.
What does Teiresias know that Oedipus does not in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Oedipus' true identity is what Teiresias knows and Oedipus does not in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus believes that he is the son of Corinthian monarchs, the killer of an arrogant bully, the husband of the eligible widowed queen of Thebes, and the father of four children. But he is mistaken. Teiresias the blind prophet knows that Oedipus is the killer of his father King Laius, the husband of his mother Queen Jocasta, and the half-sibling of his four children.
Does Oedipus marry his mother in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Yes, Theban King Oedipus marries his own mother in the play "Oedipus Rex."Specifically, Oedipus is the son of Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta. Oedipus grows up thinking that his foster parents, King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth, are his biological parents. As an adult, he leaves Corinth, kills an arrogant elderly man on the way to Thebes and marries the King's widow ... his own mother Jocasta.
Why is Oedipus incapable of seeing the connection between his murder victim on the way to Thebes and the murdered Laius in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That he believes the crime scenes to be in different places is the reason why Oedipus is incapable of seeing the connection between his murder victim on the way to Thebes and the murdered Laius in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus believes that King Laius' death place is Thebes. He knows that his own murder victim dies in the Delphi-Daulia intersection in the land of Phocis. He therefore sees no connection between events that occur at about the same time but in very different places ... to his initial way of thinking.
Does Oedipus fulfill a prophecy about killing someone?
Yes, Theban King Oedipus fulfills a prophecy about killing ... his own father. In self-defense, and while he thinks he's running away from his dreadful fate, he fatally wounds an arrogant stranger who's old enough to be his father and whom he resembles. But Oedipus thinks nothing of it, because of the victim's violent temper and seemingly insignificant identity.Years later, and to his horror, Oedipus realizes that the minute he chose to run he collided with his fate. Specifically, he learns that the unlikeable stranger whom he kills without a thought, and seemingly without much if any regret, was his father, Theban King Laius.
