To emphasize Oedipus' admirable and heroic character traits, highlight his tragedy and show his learning takeaway are the functions of Oedipus' daughters in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, disgraced Theban King Oedipus finds himself at the depths of personal and professional despair, humiliation and misery. But he is as sensitive to the impact on his people in general and his young daughters in particular. He manifests compassion, empathy and sensitivity in explaining the changed situation and the foreseeable options. He shows a jump in wisdom when he advises the sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene to be as happy as they can given the circumstances.
Elementary school aged is the age of Oedipus' daughters in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, disgraced Theban King Oedipus is worried about what will happen to his young daughters, the sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene. His daughters make no onstage comments. Oedipus needs to explain things, which he does in the way of speaking to children of elementary school age.
Joy and worry are Oedipus' feelings about his daughters in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus feels joyful in his daughters' presence but worried about their future. They will suffer more than their twin brothers, who already are grown. They therefore will need a protector such as their uncle, King Creon, to avoid a fate of shunning, poverty and childlessness.
Character witnesses is the role of Oedipus' daughters in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, disgraced Theban King Oedipus' daughters, the sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene, appear onstage in the closing minutes of the play. They attest to the more cautious, wiser man that their father becomes with his downfall. Oedipus' monologue pinpoints his recognition of the importance of being happy and working with others even when fate is unenviable.
It is his daughters who are sent for to say goodbye to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene are the daughters of disgraced Theban King Oedipus. Oedipus asks to see them before he is punished with execution or exile. King Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law and royal successor, brings the young princesses for the supposedly last meeting with their father.
It is a harsh future that Oedipus predicts for his daughters in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, disgraced Theban King Oedipus predicts that his young daughters, the sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene, will be abused and shunned because of their father's crime and their parents' incest. He predicts that they will experience cruelty, loneliness and poverty. But at the same time he predicts that they will have the chance for happiness with the correct attitude and guardian.
That they meet with their father and then are separated from him is what happens to Oedipus' daughters at the end of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus loses his sight, reputation, job and home for a criminal act and immoral behavior. He is supposed to await divine expression as to whether he will be punished with execution or exile. He asks to meet and go into exile with his daughters, the Princesses Antigone and Ismene. Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law and royal successor, approves the former request, but then separates father and daughters before placing Oedipus under house arrest.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
To bring them to him, to function as guardian and to let them accompany him in exile are what Oedipus asks of Creon in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, disgraced Theban King Oedipus asks his brother-in-law and royal successor King Creon to allow him visit with his young daughters, the sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene. He then asks Creon to function as guardian of the young girls. He finally asks Creon to let him take the girls with him into exile.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Antigone and Ismene are Jocasta's daughters in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene are Queen Jocasta's daughters with her second husband, King Oedipus. Unbeknownst to them at the time of their marriage, Oedipus and Jocasta also are son and mother. Consequently, the princesses' father also is their half-brother and that their mother also is their maternal grandmother.
That he disagrees, that he understands and that he will wait for divine indications are Creon's responses in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon answers his brother-in-law King Oedipus' charge of treasonous conspiracy with a spirited self-defense. He replies to Oedipus' request to see the sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene with an understanding of a father's wish to visit with his daughters. He responds to Oedipus' request to be exiled with his daughters with a reminder that such decisions are up to the gods.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.