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Does Oedipus have children with his own mother in 'Oedipus Rex'?
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Yes, Oedipus has children with his own mother in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban King Oedipus marries Jocasta, the beautiful, older widowed queen of King Laius. The happy royal couple has four children: the twin Princes Eteocles and Polyneices, and the Princesses Antigone and Ismene. But the revelation that Oedipus is both son and husband to Jocasta, his mother and wife, destroys the royal couple's years of domestic bliss.
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What does Oedipus do that makes him an immoral character in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That he marries his mother and has children by her are the immoral acts of Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, immorality refers to living life in such a way as to offend society. It runs counter to what is considered acceptable and decent in polite company. Oedipus therefore is immoral in becoming involved with his own mother and having children with her and criminal in killing his father.
Does Oedipus' mother know who he is in 'Oedipus Rex'?
No, Oedipus' mother does not know at first who he is in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta is Oedipus' mother. She does not recognize Oedipus even though he has the same injured feet that her son would have and even though he is a younger version of her dead first husband Laius. Jocasta cannot see what is staring her in the face until almost 20 years after she marries her own son and has four children with him.
Does Oedipus marry his mother in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Yes, Theban King Oedipus marries his own mother in the play "Oedipus Rex."Specifically, Oedipus is the son of Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta. Oedipus grows up thinking that his foster parents, King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth, are his biological parents. As an adult, he leaves Corinth, kills an arrogant elderly man on the way to Thebes and marries the King's widow ... his own mother Jocasta.
What is the situational irony regarding Jocasta in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That she is mother to her own son's children is the situational irony regarding Jocasta in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, situational irony refers to an inaccurate or incomplete understanding by a character of a context or situation. The description fits the maternal role that Theban Queen Jocasta plays. She becomes the mother that she always desires to be through her second marriage to Oedipus. But in actuality she acts as mother and grandmother to her four children with King Oedipus, who albeit unknowingly is her only child from her first marriage to King Laius.
What does Oedipus do when he finds Jocasta dead in 'Oedipus Rex'?
He puts out his own eyes.
What does Oedipus do that makes him an immoral character in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That he marries his mother and has children by her are the immoral acts of Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, immorality refers to living life in such a way as to offend society. It runs counter to what is considered acceptable and decent in polite company. Oedipus therefore is immoral in becoming involved with his own mother and having children with her and criminal in killing his father.
Does Oedipus' mother know who he is in 'Oedipus Rex'?
No, Oedipus' mother does not know at first who he is in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta is Oedipus' mother. She does not recognize Oedipus even though he has the same injured feet that her son would have and even though he is a younger version of her dead first husband Laius. Jocasta cannot see what is staring her in the face until almost 20 years after she marries her own son and has four children with him.
Does Oedipus marry his mother in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Yes, Theban King Oedipus marries his own mother in the play "Oedipus Rex."Specifically, Oedipus is the son of Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta. Oedipus grows up thinking that his foster parents, King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth, are his biological parents. As an adult, he leaves Corinth, kills an arrogant elderly man on the way to Thebes and marries the King's widow ... his own mother Jocasta.
What is the situational irony regarding Jocasta in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That she is mother to her own son's children is the situational irony regarding Jocasta in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, situational irony refers to an inaccurate or incomplete understanding by a character of a context or situation. The description fits the maternal role that Theban Queen Jocasta plays. She becomes the mother that she always desires to be through her second marriage to Oedipus. But in actuality she acts as mother and grandmother to her four children with King Oedipus, who albeit unknowingly is her only child from her first marriage to King Laius.
What does Oedipus do when he finds Jocasta dead in 'Oedipus Rex'?
He puts out his own eyes.
What is the blood relationship of Oedipus' daughters to Creon in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Nieces and great-nieces is the blood relationship of Oedipus' daughters to Creon in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon is the brother of disgraced Queen Jocasta. Through her marriage to her own son King Oedipus, Jocasta is the mother and the grandmother of the Princesses Antigone and Ismene. That makes Creon both uncle and great-uncle to Jocasta's children.
Which line spoken by Jocasta suggest that she knows Oedipus's true identity?
In "Oedipus Rex," Jocasta asks Oedipus to stop if he has any concern for his life or for her suffering. At this point, she has guessed the identity of Oedipus and doesn't want him to experience the pain of knowing he has slept with his own mother. The knowledge that she has children with her son is too much for Jocasta, and she hangs herself.
What is Oedipus' tragic fate in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Murdering his father; marrying his mother; and losing his sight, his reputation, his job, his home and his family are Oedipus' tragic fate in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Delphic oracle says that Oedipus will grow up to kill his own father and marry his own mother. Teiresias the blind prophet says that Oedipus will lose his sight and his home and by implication everything else. Both the oracle and the seer are reliable, wise information sources, and what they say is what tragically happens.
Who are all of the characters in 'Oedipus Rex'?
The complete list of characters in 'Oedipus Rex' includes Oedipus, a priest of Zeus, Creon, Teiresias, Jocasta, a messenger, a herdsman, and the chorus of Theban elders. Theban King Oedipus is the husband of his own mother, Theban Queen Jocasta. Creon is Jocasta's brother, and both the brother-in-law and the uncle of Oedipus. Teiresias is a blind prophet.
Who gouges his own eyes out in Antigone?
No one. Oedipus blinds himself in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
What are the Oedipus plays?
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone are the Oedipus plays. The three plays tell how the curse on the House of Labdacus plays out on Oedipus, in his own life and in those of his children. They all are written by Sophocles [c. 496 B.C.E. - c. 406 B.C.E.].
Should Oedipus be acquitted or punished in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Acquitted is what the judgment should be regarding Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, disgraced Theban King Oedipus is accused of criminal acts and immoral behavior. The criminal acts refer to his killing of five individuals in self-defense. The immoral behavior relates to his marrying and having children with his own mother. But he should be acquitted because he lacks intent and motive in that both deeds are committed without knowing that he is killing his father and sovereign and that he is marrying his mother.
