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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.
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What is the prophecy placed on the baby Oedipus?
That he will grow up to kill his own father is the prophecy that Oedipus' parents receive even before the child is born. In ancient Greece, killing a child is considered far less of an offense against mortals and gods than killing an adult. It's a particularly heinous offense to kill someone who's your own parent and sovereign. So Theban King Laius and Queen Jocasta think that they can prevent such a scenario by leaving the three-day-old Oedipus to die on a hillside.
What makes Oedipus tragic hero?
He fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought disaster on his city and family. This is where the term "Oedipus complex" is coined from - Someone who wants to sleep with their mother.
Why is Oedipus angry with Creon and Teiresias in 'Oedipus Rex'?
It is because he thinks that they conspire against himthat Oedipus is angry with Creon and Teiresias in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet accuses Theban King Oedipus of killing King Laius. Oedipus cannot understand how he can be the killer of someone whom he never remembers meeting. The charge carries a punishment of execution or exile. Oedipus therefore concludes that Teiresias is conspiring with Creon to grab all royal powers to themselves.
Is there a prophecy about someone named Christian Connolly?
yes there is a prophecy about someone named Christian Connolly
Whom does Oedipus assume is behind Teiresias' claims in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Creon is the person whom Oedipus assumes to be behind Teiresias' claims in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet says that Theban King Oedipus is King Laius' killer. Oedipus is angered, horrified and terrified at being charged with killing someone whom he never remembers meeting and for which the penalty is execution or exile. He therefore assumes that the claim is made up so that Creon, who stands the most to gain with Oedipus' overthrow, is behind Teiresias' charges.
Why does Oedipus kill his father and marry his mother in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That he does not know that he is their son is the reason why Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus hears the prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother. He is correct in thinking that he is royal born and bred. But he is wrong in thinking that he is the son of Corinthian monarchs Polybus and Merope. This mistaken self-identity causes him not to restrain himself when he kills someone other than his presumed father and marry an older woman other than his presumed mother.
What bothers Percy Jackson about the oracle's prophecy?
In the prophecy is said, that someone will betray him, and he didn't know who could be that.
What is shirking?
someone that does not fulfill his obligations
Who or what is responsible for what happens to Oedipus in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Jocasta, Laius, Merope, and Polybusas well as the Theban and Corinthian shepherds and Oedipus himself are responsible for what happens to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta are responsible for arranging for their three-day-old infant son Oedipus to be killed. They cannot do it themselves so they turn the murderous responsibility over to a Theban shepherd, who also is incapable of killing a defenseless baby. The Theban shepherd gives Oedipus to a Corinthian shepherd, who fosters Oedipus into the childless royal house. Just like everyone before them, Polybus and Merope keep quiet. Consequently, Oedipus makes the panic-stricken choices of someone who does not grasp reality and does not know who he really is.
What is considered murder?
a violent crime _________________ Killing Someone
Who is Oedipus' real mother in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Jocasta is Oedipus' real mother in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta is King Oedipus' real biological mother. But she last sees him when he is three days old. She thinks that he is dead, and Oedipus believes his mother to be someone else.
How might Oedipus have proceeded if he had known the truth about his past in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Stay in Corinth, marry someone his own age and be careful of older women and violent acts are the ways in which Oedipus could have proceeded if he just had known the truth about his past in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus hears a rumor that Corinthian monarchs Polybus and Merope may not be his biological parents. He gets evasive, unsatisfactory answers when he mentions the rumor. So he runs away to Delphi. The Delphic oracle says that Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus runs away instead of returning to Corinth and talking about the rumor and the prophecy. The question becomes whether or not Oedipus' path would have crossed no matter what and whether or not that crossing would have taken the shape of that fateful incognito meeting in which Laius' violence really hurts and Oedipus responds with lethal force.
