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Yes and no, Theban King Oedipus does and doesn't visit with his children one last time before being exiled from his hometown. Yes, he gets to meet with daughters Antigone and Ismene. No, he doesn't get to meet with twin sons Eteocles and Polyneices.

Oedipus' sons particularly are horrified by the incestuous, murderous mess that their father makes of his life. They especially are humiliated by the scandal to their hometown and by the shame to their already cursed house. Neither son wants to have anything to do with their father, who also is their half brother. In return, Oedipus curses his own sons.

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Put the following events from the falling action of Oedipus Rex in sequential order from first to last?

A messenger announces Jocasta's death. A messenger announces that Oedipus has blinded himself. Oedipus asks Creon to exile him from Thebes. Oedipus visits with his children one last time. Creon asks Oedipus to leave his children in Thebes.


What is the chronological order of the announced self-blinding of Oedipus Creon separating Oedipus from his children and Oedipus visiting his children in 'Oedipus Rex'?

The messenger's announcement of Oedipus' self-blinding, Oedipus asking Creon to exile him from Thebes and visiting with his children, and Creon asking Oedipus to leave his children in Thebes is the sequence in which the preceding events occur in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the violent offstage act of disgraced Theban King Oedipus' blinding himself with his dead wife's brooches is announced onstage by a royal messenger. This announcement swiftly is followed by an interaction with newly crowned King Creon over punishment of and then visitation rights for Oedipus. Oedipus gets to see his children, but Creon insists about separating parent and daughters while awaiting divine judgment on whether to execute or exile Oedipus for criminal action and immoral behavior.


Does the chorus admonish Oedipus to leave his wife in 'Oedipus Rex'?

No, the chorus does not admonish Oedipus to leave his wife in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, no one says anything to Theban King Oedipus about what to do about the body of Theban Queen Jocasta. It is Oedipus who takes the initiative. Creon is now King of Thebes, and Oedipus asks his brother-in-law, former enemy and royal colleague to give Jocasta a proper burial.


What convinces Oedipus to allow Creon to leave in 'Oedipus Rex'?

It is the chorus leader who convinces Oedipus to allow Creon to leave in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus accuses his brother-in-law and royal colleague, Creon, of conspiring with Teiresias the blind prophet to grab all royal powers for themselves. He demands execution as the punishment in the choice between that and exile. Oedipus' wife, Queen Jocasta, makes an unsuccessful effort to talk Oedipus out of such cruel, rash action. But Oedipus relents only when the chorus leader observes that unity instead of conflict is needed and that Creon swears an oath as to the truth of his self-defense.


Who is the eyewitness to Oedipus' crime in 'Oedipus Rex'?

Jocasta's most trusted servant is the eyewitness to Oedipus' crime in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus kills Laius and four of the king's five member escort party. Only two leave the Delphi-Daulia intersection alive. Oedipus goes on to Thebes and marries Jocasta, Laius' beautiful widowed queen. Jocasta's trusted servant comes back to Thebes, recognizes Oedipus and gets the queen's approval to return to his original livelihood as a shepherd outside Thebes.

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Put the following events from the falling action of Oedipus Rex in sequential order from first to last?

A messenger announces Jocasta's death. A messenger announces that Oedipus has blinded himself. Oedipus asks Creon to exile him from Thebes. Oedipus visits with his children one last time. Creon asks Oedipus to leave his children in Thebes.


From first to last messenger announces that Oedipus has blinded himself messenger announces Jocasta death Oedipus visits with his children one last time Oedipus asks Creon to exile him from Thebes?

The following is the correct order of certain events in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.):1. A messenger announces Jocasta's death.2. A messenger announces Oedipus' self-blinding.3. Oedipus asks Creon to exile him from Thebes.4. Oedipus visits with his children one last time.


What is the chronological order of the announced self-blinding of Oedipus Creon separating Oedipus from his children and Oedipus visiting his children in 'Oedipus Rex'?

The messenger's announcement of Oedipus' self-blinding, Oedipus asking Creon to exile him from Thebes and visiting with his children, and Creon asking Oedipus to leave his children in Thebes is the sequence in which the preceding events occur in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the violent offstage act of disgraced Theban King Oedipus' blinding himself with his dead wife's brooches is announced onstage by a royal messenger. This announcement swiftly is followed by an interaction with newly crowned King Creon over punishment of and then visitation rights for Oedipus. Oedipus gets to see his children, but Creon insists about separating parent and daughters while awaiting divine judgment on whether to execute or exile Oedipus for criminal action and immoral behavior.


What happened last Oedipus frees Thebes from sphinx or Oedipus is left in the wilderness to die?

He is forced to leave thebes and dies at colonus near athens


Does the chorus admonish Oedipus to leave his wife in 'Oedipus Rex'?

No, the chorus does not admonish Oedipus to leave his wife in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, no one says anything to Theban King Oedipus about what to do about the body of Theban Queen Jocasta. It is Oedipus who takes the initiative. Creon is now King of Thebes, and Oedipus asks his brother-in-law, former enemy and royal colleague to give Jocasta a proper burial.


What problems do Oedipus' children have in 'Oedipus Rex'?

Sibling rivalry and personality clashes are the problems that Oedipus' children have in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus' son Eteocles reneges on the royal power sharing arrangement by which he and his twin brother Polyneices are to alternate years of rule. They fight it out to their mutual deaths on the battlefield outside Thebes. Eteocles ends up being buried since his uncle Creon succeeds him as king. Creon does not feel bound to do things the way that they always have been done in Thebes. He therefore decides to treat Polyneices as a dead enemy and leave his body above ground and exposed to the weather and wildlife. Princess Antigone, his niece and Polyneices' sister, clashes with him on this point, to her own fatal detriment.


What convinces Oedipus to allow Creon to leave in 'Oedipus Rex'?

It is the chorus leader who convinces Oedipus to allow Creon to leave in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus accuses his brother-in-law and royal colleague, Creon, of conspiring with Teiresias the blind prophet to grab all royal powers for themselves. He demands execution as the punishment in the choice between that and exile. Oedipus' wife, Queen Jocasta, makes an unsuccessful effort to talk Oedipus out of such cruel, rash action. But Oedipus relents only when the chorus leader observes that unity instead of conflict is needed and that Creon swears an oath as to the truth of his self-defense.


Why can Oedipus enter Thebes in 'Oedipus Rex'?

That he defeats the Sphinx is the reason why Oedipus can enter Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the monstrous Sphinx demands upon pain of death the same challenging riddle to all who enter and leave Thebes. No one knows the answer as to what life form crawls on fours in the morning of life, on twos in the afternoon and on threes in the evening. Oedipus offers the correct answer, the Sphinx throws herself over a nearby cliff, and Oedipus enters the city and collects the reward of marriage with Jocasta, Thebes' widowed queen.


Who is the eyewitness to Oedipus' crime in 'Oedipus Rex'?

Jocasta's most trusted servant is the eyewitness to Oedipus' crime in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus kills Laius and four of the king's five member escort party. Only two leave the Delphi-Daulia intersection alive. Oedipus goes on to Thebes and marries Jocasta, Laius' beautiful widowed queen. Jocasta's trusted servant comes back to Thebes, recognizes Oedipus and gets the queen's approval to return to his original livelihood as a shepherd outside Thebes.


What do the of Thebes want Oedipus to do for them?

If I remember correctly, Thebes was being threatened by a Sphinx and no one had been able to answer the riddle it required to leave them alone. Anyone who attempted to answer and failed was killed by the Sphinx. Oedipus said he would try to answer the riddle because he wanted to free the people of Thebes and obtain the reward the king was offering.


What is Oedipus' place of exile in 'Oedipus Rex'?

That he must leave Thebes and never return are the provisions of the sentence of exile in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the play ends with Oedipus and the audience remaining ignorant of whether or not the punishment for criminal acts and immoral behavior will be execution or exile. During the play, Oedipus makes the request to be banished to the mountainside outside Thebes. It is only in "Oedipus at Colonus" by the same ancient Greek dramatist that the audience receives the general information that Oedipus wanders outside Thebes for years before dying just outside Athens at Colonus.


How does the messenger know what he does about Oedipus?

Knowing Oedipus in Thebes and in Corinth is how the messenger knows what he does about the Theban King. Long ago, the messenger works as a shepherd in Thebes. Heis entrusted with Oedipus' care by a fellow shepherd who's supposed to leave the three day old baby to die. The messenger takes Oedipus back to Corinth with him. He gives the baby to the childless Corinthian monarchs, King Polybus and Queen Merope.That's why the messenger knows that Oedipus is the adopted son of the Corinthian monarchs. That also is why he knows that a man who's fated to kill his father and marry his mother safely can go back to Corinth. And that's why he knows that Oedipus' real hometown is Thebes.