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Was it Oedipus' fault that he killed his father and married his mother?
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∙ 12y ago
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.
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∙ 12y ago
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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.
How does oedipus react when teiresias reveals to him the truth?
When Teiresias reveals the truth of Oedipus's parentage, Oedipus is horrified. He is sickened by the fact that he killed his father and married his mother. When he finds that his mother/wife has killed herself, he gouges out his own eyes.
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)
In Oedipus the King Oedipus recognizes that?
He had killed his own father, King Laiusand married his own mother, Jocasta.
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.
How does oedipus react when teiresias reveals to him the truth?
When Teiresias reveals the truth of Oedipus's parentage, Oedipus is horrified. He is sickened by the fact that he killed his father and married his mother. When he finds that his mother/wife has killed herself, he gouges out his own eyes.
Son of laius and jocasta who in greek mythology killed his father and married his mother not knowing their identities?
oedipus
What does Oedipus discover in his search to find the murderer of Laius?
That he killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta.
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.
What was oedipus' misfortune?
Oedipus' misfortune was that he killed his own father, and slept with his mother.
The tragic Greek tale of the man who killed his father and married his mother was written by?
The play Oedipus Rex was written by Sophocles.
At the climax of the story Oedipus realizes that?
The prophecies have all come true; he has killed his own father, and married his own mother.
