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The tragic Greek tale of the man who killed his father and married his mother was written by?
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The play Oedipus Rex was written by Sophocles.
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What is taboo of the play Oedipus Rex?
the killed his father and married his mother and has children with her.
What wrongs did Oedipus commit?
He killed his father and married his mother. (Unwittingly, but still)
What does Oedipus learn about laius' death?
That Laius was his father and he killed him, and married his mother Jocasta.
Was it Oedipus' fault that he killed his father and married his mother?
No, i don't think so the oracle said he would and he had no way of knowing that the woman was his mother. As for his father it was an accident.
What does Oedipus discover in his search to find the murderer of Laius?
That he killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta.
What is taboo of the play Oedipus Rex?
the killed his father and married his mother and has children with her.
What wrongs did Oedipus commit?
He killed his father and married his mother. (Unwittingly, but still)
Which tragic King from classical mythology unknowingly killed his father and married his mother?
Oedipus
What does Oedipus learn about laius' death?
That Laius was his father and he killed him, and married his mother Jocasta.
Was it Oedipus' fault that he killed his father and married his mother?
No, i don't think so the oracle said he would and he had no way of knowing that the woman was his mother. As for his father it was an accident.
At the climax of the story Oedipus realizes that?
he is the one who killed his father and married his mother, fulfilling the prophecy he sought to avoid. This revelation leads to his self-blinding and exile as punishment for his actions.
What does Oedipus discover in his search to find the murderer of Laius?
That he killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta.
Son of laius and jocasta who in greek mythology killed his father and married his mother not knowing their identities?
oedipus
Who married there own mother?
King Oedipus in the Oedipus trilogy married his mother and killed his father. The Oedipus trilogy was written by Sophocles. Later Freud would coin the term Oedipus complex when boys would love their mothers a little too much.
How is Antigone's father also her brother?
Incest. He killed his father and married him mother, after which they had a child. Of course he did not know that she was his mother, because his father send him away (some one predicted that his son would kill him).
In Oedipus the King Oedipus recognizes that?
He had killed his own father, King Laiusand married his own mother, Jocasta.
Which Greek god had an accident?
In Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally and unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. When his mother found out this awful truth, his mother hung herself.
