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What is the difference between Jocasta's story of Laius' death and what Oedipus knew to be true?
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The mention of more than one killer is the difference between Theban Queen Jocasta's story of Theban King Laius' death and what Theban King Oedipus knows to be true. Jocasta's information comes from the deliberate misinformation of her most trusted palace servant, who doesn't want to accuse his Queen's intended second husband of killing her first. Theban King Oedipus knows that the one murder he commits in his life is done alone. So if the stranger he kills and the slain Theban monarch are one and the same, then the sole perpetrator is none other than himself.
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What is jocastas intention in telling Oedipus the story of the oracle given to laius about his death?
Jocasta intends to convince him that prophets cannot tell the future.
Who was laius in Oedipus Rex?
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
Who tells Oedipus he is laius's murderer?
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the murderer of Laius.
Why does Oedipus look for the muderer of king laius?
Oedipus does not realize that he killed king Laius and that king Laius was his father.
Who is laius' father?
Laius was father of Oedipus by Jocasta and the son of king Labdacus of Thebes.
What is jocastas intention in telling Oedipus the story of the oracle given to laius about his death?
Jocasta intends to convince him that prophets cannot tell the future.
Who was laius in Oedipus Rex?
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
Who tells Oedipus he is laius's murderer?
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the murderer of Laius.
Why does Oedipus look for the muderer of king laius?
Oedipus does not realize that he killed king Laius and that king Laius was his father.
Who is laius' father?
Laius was father of Oedipus by Jocasta and the son of king Labdacus of Thebes.
Why didn't Oedipus at quicky after the murder of laius?
At the time of Laius's murder, Oedipus was not king of Thebes; in fact he unknowingly killed Laius and was the son of Laius.
Who killed Laius in Oedipus?
Oedipus did, but he didn't realize it was Laius. Also, no one knew it was Oedipus until towards the end.
Who kills Laius in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Oedipus
Who does Oedipus accuse of killing Laius?
The blind prophet Tiresias who is called by Oedipus to reveal who killed King Laius. When he is hesitant to do so however as the killer is Oedipus, Oedipus jumpsto conclusions assuming that it is he Tiresias who murdered Laius.
In Oedipus the king how did laius die?
Oedipus kills him.
What happened to king laius in the Oedipus story?
Oedipus killed Laius years ago at the crossroads. He did not know Laius was his biological father and the king of Thebes.
What happened to Laius the king?
Laius was killed by his son Oedipus.
