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How does the Shepard react when the messenger identifies Oedipus as the child they exchanged?
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the shepherd reacts with fear and begs the messenger to hold his tongue. Oedipus threatens the messenger with physical violence, and finally the man confesses that the baby was a child of Laius's house. Oedipus reacts with fear and astonishment that the oracle was true after all this time. He couldn't believe that after all this time that he was the son of Laius this whole time. Now the oracle is all clear to him.
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How does the messenger know that Polybus was not Oedipus' father?
The messenger knows because He was given Oedipus from another Shepard that knew the true story of Oedipus' birth.
How did Oedipus finally discover the awful truth about his parents?
The old Shepard reveals to him that his mother/wife gave him to the Shepard when he was a baby, to bring to the top of Mt. Cithaeron to die
Why is Oedipus sent away as a baby?
Oedipus was the son of Laius, King of Thebes and Jocasta. He was sent to die on a hillside. A shepard rescued him and he was adopted by King Polybus of Corinth and his wife. An oracle said that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. So he left his adopted home and went to Thebes. He met his real father, and not knowing, killed him. Then he riddled with the Sphinx and won the throne of Thebes. He married his mother without knowing and had four children. When the truth became known, his mother hung herself and Oedipus blinded himself.
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"Buried Child" by Sam Shepard (b. November 5, 1943) and "Desire under the Elms" by Eugene O'Neill (October 16, 1888 - November 27, 1953) are modern equivalents of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, all three plays deal with an incestuous relationship that produces children. In the case of "Buried Child" and "Oedipus Rex," the incestuous relationship develops between a mother and her son. In "Desire under the Elms," the incest happens between a stepmother and her son.
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How does the messenger know that Polybus was not Oedipus' father?
The messenger knows because He was given Oedipus from another Shepard that knew the true story of Oedipus' birth.
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oedipus learns his identity from the shepard
How did Oedipus finally discover the awful truth about his parents?
The old Shepard reveals to him that his mother/wife gave him to the Shepard when he was a baby, to bring to the top of Mt. Cithaeron to die
Why is Oedipus sent away as a baby?
Oedipus was the son of Laius, King of Thebes and Jocasta. He was sent to die on a hillside. A shepard rescued him and he was adopted by King Polybus of Corinth and his wife. An oracle said that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. So he left his adopted home and went to Thebes. He met his real father, and not knowing, killed him. Then he riddled with the Sphinx and won the throne of Thebes. He married his mother without knowing and had four children. When the truth became known, his mother hung herself and Oedipus blinded himself.
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