The plague would be lifted when the murderer of old king Laius was found.
This is known as an "inciting incident" that drives the plot toward the climax.
Creon returns from Delphi, where he consulted the Oracle about the plague afflicting Thebes. He brings news that the city must rid itself of the murderer of the former king, Laius, to lift the curse. This sets the stage for the unfolding tragedy in Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex."
Apollo instructs the citizens of Thebes to seek out the murderer of King Laius, as the plague has been sent as punishment for the unresolved crime. He commands them to find and expel the culprit from the city, promising that doing so will lift the curse afflicting Thebes. This directive sets the stage for the unfolding tragedy in Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex."
Inciting incident
Oedipus asks citizens of Thebes why they are upset.Creon returns from Delphi.It is revealed that Laius's murder must be avenged to lift the plague from Thebes.Oedipus consults Teiresias.
This is known as an "inciting incident" that drives the plot toward the climax.
Oedipus must find out how to lift a plague from Thebes.
Creon returns from Delphi, where he consulted the Oracle about the plague afflicting Thebes. He brings news that the city must rid itself of the murderer of the former king, Laius, to lift the curse. This sets the stage for the unfolding tragedy in Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex."
Apollo instructs the citizens of Thebes to seek out the murderer of King Laius, as the plague has been sent as punishment for the unresolved crime. He commands them to find and expel the culprit from the city, promising that doing so will lift the curse afflicting Thebes. This directive sets the stage for the unfolding tragedy in Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex."
Inciting incident
Oedipus asks citizens of Thebes why they are upset.Creon returns from Delphi.It is revealed that Laius's murder must be avenged to lift the plague from Thebes.Oedipus consults Teiresias.
It is the inciting incident in the exposition when it is revealed that a murder must be solved to lift a plague upon the city of Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the phrase inciting incident describes the event without which there is no story. It is exposed to the audience in the beginning moments of the play. The murder as the solution to the pestilence indeed is presented in the opening interactions of Theban King Oedipus with the priest of Zeus and then with his brother-in-law Creon.
Oedipus is most concerned about Laius's murder. As the newly crowned king of Thebes, he is determined to find the murderer in order to lift the plague afflicting the city and to protect his own reign. His concern is compounded by the prophecy that foretold he would kill his father, Laius, thus driving Oedipus to seek the truth relentlessly. Additionally, the citizens of Thebes are anxious about the consequences of the murder, as it directly impacts their safety and well-being.
Find and punish the guilty in Laius' murder and bury Polyneices and free Antigone are what respectively will lift the pestilence in Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, a pestilence afflicts Thebes by the last day of Theban King Oedipus' rule. The Delphic oracle announces that the pestilence will end only with the identification and punishment by execution or exile of the guilty in King Laius' murder. That pestilence is ended, but succeeded by another during the last day of King Creon's rule. Teiresias the blind prophet states that the pestilence will end only with the burial of Polyneices' body and the release of Princess Antigone from her live burial.
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In order to lift the plague that is destroying the city, Oedipus must find the killer of the previous king, Laius.
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