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Blinding himself is what Theban King Oedipus does when he finds out about his marriage. He thinks that he's married to the widow of his royal predecessor, Theban King Laius. So he thinks that his marriage is a role model of good fortune and happiness. He learns that it's instead an illegal union between a mother and a son.
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What does Oedipus do when he finds Jocasta dead in 'Oedipus Rex'?
He puts out his own eyes.
Who suddenly finds the concept of marriage appealing when he finds out that Beatrice loves him?
Benedick finds the concept of marriage appealing when he finds out that Beatrice loves him.
Why did Oedipus use the brooch to kill himself in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Theban King Oedipus does not kill himself with a brooch or with anything else in the play "Oedipus Rex."Instead, it is Theban Queen Jocasta who kills herself. She commits suicide once she realizes that her beloved second husband Oedipus is none other than her son from her first marriage with Theban King Laius. When Oedipus finds Jocasta dead, he takes the brooches from her robes and stabs himself in both eyes.But Oedipus' actual, natural death is not covered until the subsequent play "Oedipus at Colonus."
What does Oedipus find out about his origins?
He finds out he is really the son of Laius and Jocasta.
Who is Oedipus' brother?
No one is Theban King Oedipus' brother. Oedipus is an only child from the first marriage of Theban Queen Jocasta to Theban King Laius. But there are children from her second marriage to her son Oedipus. So his daughters Antigone and Ismene, and his sons Eteocles and Polyneices, are also his half-sisters and half-brothers.
What does Oedipus do when he finds Jocasta dead in 'Oedipus Rex'?
He puts out his own eyes.
What does Oedipus do when he finds out that he married his mother?
He stabs his eyes out.
Who finds the concept of marriage appealing when he finds out that Beatrice loves him?
Benedick finds the concept of marriage appealing when he finds out that Beatrice loves him.
Who suddenly finds the concept of marriage appealing when he finds out that Beatrice loves him?
Benedick finds the concept of marriage appealing when he finds out that Beatrice loves him.
What does Creon tell Oedipus to do if he finds out that Creon is a liar in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Arrest and execute him is what Creon tells Oedipus to do if he finds out that Creon is a liar in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon comes back from Delphi with the oracle's prophecy that the pestilence in Thebes will end with the identification and punishment of the guilty in Theban King Laius' death. Teiresias the blind prophet then declares that King Oedipus is guilty of his royal predecessor's death. Oedipus finds it all too suspicious that the two statements can result in his overthrow and execution or exile. But Creon swears that he approves his own death if Oedipus finds proof of deceit and conspiracy.
Why did Oedipus use the brooch to kill himself in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Theban King Oedipus does not kill himself with a brooch or with anything else in the play "Oedipus Rex."Instead, it is Theban Queen Jocasta who kills herself. She commits suicide once she realizes that her beloved second husband Oedipus is none other than her son from her first marriage with Theban King Laius. When Oedipus finds Jocasta dead, he takes the brooches from her robes and stabs himself in both eyes.But Oedipus' actual, natural death is not covered until the subsequent play "Oedipus at Colonus."
What does Oedipus find out about his origins?
He finds out he is really the son of Laius and Jocasta.
Who is Oedipus' brother?
No one is Theban King Oedipus' brother. Oedipus is an only child from the first marriage of Theban Queen Jocasta to Theban King Laius. But there are children from her second marriage to her son Oedipus. So his daughters Antigone and Ismene, and his sons Eteocles and Polyneices, are also his half-sisters and half-brothers.
How can 'Oedipus Rex' be summarized?
Theban King Oedipus wants to know how to free his city of a plague. Creon, his brother-in-law and uncle, consults with the Delphic Oracle. The Oracle says that the plague results from the unsolved murder of previous Theban King Laius. The Oracle also tells Creon that the murderers must be found and banished from Thebes. But according to Teiresias the blind prophet of Thebes, Oedipus himself is the murderer. Oedipus subsequently finds out that although he had believed himself to be the son of King Polybus of Corinth he actually was the son of Laius whom he had killed in self defense. Moreover, Oedipus' marriage to Jocasta, Creon's sister and Laius' widow, was also the marriage of Oedipus to his own mother. When this truth is revealed to both Jocasta and Oedipus, Jocasta commits suicide and Oedipus blinds himself and is led into exile.
Does the oracle tell Oedipus he's a bastard?
No, because Oedipus is not a bastard, a child born outside of marriage. The oracle told Oedipus he would kill his father and marry his mother.
What do you call the marriage of a man to his mother after his father has died?
Oedipus Complex
What makes Oedipus suspect he killed Laius?
Oedipus remembers meeting a man at a place where three roads meet, and killing him there. When he finds out that Laius was killed by a man at a three-way crossroad, Oedipus suspects that he killed him.
