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Oedipus asks Jocasta And could you fetch him quickly back again What is Oedipus referring to here?
He wants to talk to the servant who witnessed Laius's murder.
To what does Oedipus refer when he asks 'And could you fetch him quickly back again' in 'Oedipus Rex'?
The bringing into his presence the sole servant who survived the decades-old killings of Theban King Laius and the royal escort party is what Theban King Oedipus intends when he asks of his wife, Theban Queen Jocasta, "And could you fetch him quickly back again?" in "Oedipus Rex."Specifically, the servant is a former shepherd who becomes Jocasta's most trusted and loyal confidant. For his loyalty, he ends up being promoted to palace work. But after the death of Jocasta's husband Laius, the servant no longer wants to work within Thebes' walls. So Jocasta gives the servant permission to return to shepherding outsideThebes ... until Oedipus expresses an interest in interviewing this sole surviving witness to the murder of a Theban king.
What did Oedipus do after he found out Jocasta was his mother?
Jocasta discovered the truth before Oedipus, and she proceeded to commit suicide. Oedipus, seeing the truth and a dead wife-mother, blinded himself with her broaches(pins). He chose not to kill himself for two reasons: so he would not have to face the people of Thebes and see their disappointment in him, and so he could carry out the same punishment he mentioned before: exile.
What prophecy does Jocasta relate to show that Oedipus did not kill King Laius?
Theban Queen Jocasta brings up a prophecy to show that her second husband, Theban King Oedipus, can't have killed her first husband, Theban King Laius. According to a long ago prophecy, Laius was to die at the hands of his own son. Jocasta believes Oedipus to be the son of Corinthian King Polybus and Corinthian Queen Merope. She also believes that her only son, at the age of three days, was killed by a shepherd in her confidence and employ.But little does Jocasta know that Oedipus was raised as the heir apparent to adoptive/foster royal parents in Corinth. Little likewise does she know that her son didn't die, under her orders and at the hands of her most trusted shepherd. The shepherd could no more force himself to kill the defenseless infant than could Jocasta. So he entrusted Oedipus' upbringing to a shepherd who was going home to Corinth.And so the prophecy that's intended to reassure Jocasta and Oedipus in the correctness and innocence of their actions insted drives them apart, destroys their lives, and brings humiliation, shame and strife to the royal household and the entire city of Thebes. Jocasta ends up killing herself. Oedipus ends up blinding himself and spending the rest of his life as a miserable beggar. Thebes experiences the violence of Oedipus' twin sons fighting over the royal powers and then the repressive rule of Theban King Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle.
What are some causes and effects in Oedipus Rex?
This is a subject of great debate. Some argue that the arrogance of Laius and Jocasta and later of Oedipus lead to the tragedy. Others contend that the gods set this all up and Oedipus is an innocent victim. Evidence exists on both sides. Select one side and support it with passages from the text. For example, if Oedipus were not so hotheaded, he would not have killed Laius along the road. On the other hand, if the gods decreed that he would kill his father, then he was destined to kill him eventually. When Jocasta gave birth to Oedipus and Laius learned that his son would murder him, it was a done deal: nothing could stop it from happening. The gods saw to it that his life was spared by the shepherd so that he could fulfill the prophesy.
When did Oedipus free Thebes from the Sphinx in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Some fifteen to twenty (15-20) years before the action of the play "Oedipus Rex" Oedipus is considered to have freed Thebes from the Sphinx.Specifically, ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) gives no dates or times for the events before and during the action of the play. But Oedipus indicates that he is not worried about what will happen to his twin sons, Eteocles and Polyneices, who are already grown up. Based upon what is known about eligibility to take over the throne, which both of his sons could and would do, the general notion is that defeating the Sphinx, marrying Theban Queen Jocasta and becoming King of Thebes happened in Oedipus' life about 15-20 years before his fall from grace as a killer and sex offender.
When does the peripeteia anagnorisis and catastrophe occur?
Perepeteia is the tragic irony. It means reversal and Aristotle has used it as Reversal of Fate. This occurs the very moment when oedipus finds that he is the son of Laius And jocasta from the shephered. Aristotle considered it the best tragedy when the hero finds the truth and it coiincides with the reversal of his fortunes. Catastrophe is the disaster of play. This occurs with the downfall of hero. Jocasta's suicide and Oedipus blinding himself and the kingdom taken away from him is the catastrophe of this play. Anagnorisis is the acceptence of fate by the hero. Tragic hero understanding what has happened. In other words he realises his hamartia(tragic flaw, committed unknowingly). The hero accepts that the mistake was hisand that bhe could have done nothing to stop the inevitable chain of events which started after his hamartia.
What did Germaine Greer do?
she was a feminist and she convinced people that woman were equal to men and could do what men could
Who rivaled hamlet?
In Hamlet, Hamlet's step father and uncle Claudius could be considered his rival. This is because Hamlet seems to possess the Oedipus Complex. He competes with this new father for the possession of his mother.
How could you turn the short story Oedipus Complex into a movie?
Go on to you tube and type on Oedipus short filmmaybe it'll come up..lolxxx
Whom did Oedipus believe his parents to be?
King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth were the married couple whose child Theban King Oedipus believed himself to be. As far back as he could remember, he had been raised as the only child and heir apparent to the Corinthian couple. But then as an adult, he heard a rumor that the monarchs actually were his foster parents.So Oedipus went to see what the Delphic Oracle had to say about this unexpected twist to life. The Oracle said that Oedipus was fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus forgot about the rumor, and decided to get as far away from Corinth as possible.It was towards Thebes that Oedipus headed. Between Delphi and Thebes, he killed a stranger who was old enough to be his father and whom he resembled. At Thebes, he married a woman who was old enough to be his mother.Years later, at the time of the action of the play 'Oedipus Rex', Oedipus realized that it was the rumor that he should have listened to and looked into. The Corinthian couple indeed were none other than his foster parents. His biological parents were none other than Theban King Laius, whom he killed; and Theban Queen Jocasta, whom he wedded and bedded.
What are the examples of the chamber theatre script?
it could be like an Oedipus Rex Presentation
