Theban King Oedipus curses the killer[s] of Theban King Laius with execution or exile as punishment. Oedipus promises the people of Thebes that the sentence will be carried out even should the perpetrator[s] be found within the royal household. Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle, Theban King Creon, describes this cursed promise as no idle words.
The contrast between these statements sets up Creon as a foil for Oedipus and highlights Oedipus's hamartia.
The contrast between these statements sets up Creon as a foil for Oedipus and highlights Oedipus's hamartia.
That Oedipus means what he says and says what he means and that the matter is serious is the relationship between Oedipus' curse on Laius' murderer and Creon's statement that Oedipus does not speak idle words in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus takes it upon himself to extend the divinely defined scope of the investigation into King Laius' murder. Divine will as expressed through the Delphic oracle merely states that the guilty must be executed or exiled. Oedipus extends the punishment option to those who are not forthcoming with information or who harbor or help the guilty. He actually cannot make that pronouncement since the type and applicability of punishment is a divine decision. Additionally, he acts to remove all mitigating circumstances by his overstepping zeal.
It helps establish Creon as a foil for Oedipus.
That a most serious and sobering curse may end up being directed and carried out against the very speaker of such words is the reason why Theban King Creon says that Theban King Oedipus' cursing statement isn't made up of idle words. The Oracle at Apollo's shrine says that the pestilence that ravages the Theban population, livestock and crops may be stopped only by the identification and punishment of the murderer or murderers of Theban King Laius. Oedipus promises that the manhunt and the sentence of execution or exile will be carried out even should the person or persons responsible be found within his own household. Ironically, Oedipus ends up being the very person whom he himself must seek. So he ends up having to hand himself over to harsh sentencing. Because of his curse, no allowance is made for the lack of knowledge or intent on his part when he unknowingly kills his own father and sovereign, or when he just as unknowingly weds and beds his own mother. The contrast between these statements sets up Creon as a foil for Oedipus and highlights Oedipus's hamartia.
The contrast between these statements sets up Creon as a foil for Oedipus and highlights Oedipus's hamartia.
The contrast between these statements sets up Creon as a foil for Oedipus and highlights Oedipus's hamartia.
The contrast between these statements sets up Creon as a foil for Oedipus and highlights Oedipus's hamartia
That Oedipus means what he says and says what he means and that the matter is serious is the relationship between Oedipus' curse on Laius' murderer and Creon's statement that Oedipus does not speak idle words in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus takes it upon himself to extend the divinely defined scope of the investigation into King Laius' murder. Divine will as expressed through the Delphic oracle merely states that the guilty must be executed or exiled. Oedipus extends the punishment option to those who are not forthcoming with information or who harbor or help the guilty. He actually cannot make that pronouncement since the type and applicability of punishment is a divine decision. Additionally, he acts to remove all mitigating circumstances by his overstepping zeal.
It helps establish Creon as a foil for Oedipus.
That a most serious and sobering curse may end up being directed and carried out against the very speaker of such words is the reason why Theban King Creon says that Theban King Oedipus' cursing statement isn't made up of idle words. The Oracle at Apollo's shrine says that the pestilence that ravages the Theban population, livestock and crops may be stopped only by the identification and punishment of the murderer or murderers of Theban King Laius. Oedipus promises that the manhunt and the sentence of execution or exile will be carried out even should the person or persons responsible be found within his own household. Ironically, Oedipus ends up being the very person whom he himself must seek. So he ends up having to hand himself over to harsh sentencing. Because of his curse, no allowance is made for the lack of knowledge or intent on his part when he unknowingly kills his own father and sovereign, or when he just as unknowingly weds and beds his own mother. The contrast between these statements sets up Creon as a foil for Oedipus and highlights Oedipus's hamartia.
It helps establish Creon as a foil for Oedipus, thus highlighting Oedipus's tendency not to think before he speaks.
That he follows proper procedure is the image of Creon left by his final words to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon has to place Oedipus, his brother-in-law and former royal colleague, under house arrest. He must await the decision of the gods as to how to punish Oedipus for criminal acts and immoral behavior. He needs to draw upon all the strength that he can find within his character to withstand Oedipus' alternately domineering and wheedling attempts to have things go his way.
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"I am not wont to utter idle words" 1570
Examples of foreshadowing and of irony relate Oedipus' "hamartia" and Creon's description of him as not known for idle words in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, "hamartia" may refer to an error in judgment. Theban King Oedipus says that he will make sure that execution or exile is the fate of Laius' killer even if the guilty person is found to be a member of the royal household. Creon knows that Oedipus, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, says what he means and means what he says. Ironically, the killer is found to be a royal, and the punishment will be carried out, but in an unexpected quarter.
i am not wont to utter idle words #yudith apex :D