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There is no significance in terms of olive boughs, which the Thebans do not have on the person or in the vicinity when they address Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, the Theban suppliants await a royal audience outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. They gather around altars set up outside the main doors. They have branches decorate with laurel garlands and wool of supplication.

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What are the wreathed boughs in 'Oedipus Rex'?

Laurel and wool for supplication and then laurel and berries for good news are what make up the wreathed boughs in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban suppliants accompany the priest of Zeus to the Theban royal palace for an audience with Theban King Oedipus. They carry sticks wreathed in laurel and wool, as signs of supplication for royal action. Then Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law and royal colleague, comes back from meeting with the Delphic Oracle. He wears a bough of laurel packed with berries to let everyone know that the news is good from Delphi.


In California there are 24 apple trees in an orchard and each tree has 24 branches each branch has 24 boughs has and each bough has 24 branches how many pears grow in the orchard?

tricky question... no pear will grow cos it's an apple tree hahah


What did the messenger report to Macbeth?

In Act 5 Scene 5 of the Shakespearean play, a Messenger gained entrance into the royal castle at Dunsinane. The bearer of bad news usually suffered at the hands of the recipient of the bad news. So the messenger understandably was worried exactly how to tell Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] of the latest unfavorable developments. The news was not only bad, but weird. The messenger was in the uncomfortable position of telling Macbeth that Birnam Wood was moving towards Dunsinane. Macbeth didn't like the news. One of the predictions that the three witches had shared with him about his future career moves was the threat of Birnam Wood moving to Dunsinane. What neither the Messenger nor Macbeth knew at the time was the plucking and carrying of forest boughs by the 10,000 soldiers under Siward, Earl of Northumberland and General of the English forces. The boughs were intended to camouflage and protect the soldiers as they marched to their chosen battlegrounds outside Macbeth's royal residence.


Who wrote Oh to be in England now that summers here?

You're probably thinking of: OH, to be in England now that April ’s there (the rest of the first stanza is...) And whoever wakes in England sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England—now! It's from "Home Thoughts from Abroad" by Robert Browning Alternatively, Vivian Stanshall sang: "Oh, to be in England now that England's here. I stand upright in my wheelbarrow and pretend I'm Boadicea"


What prophesy doesn't come true in Macbeth?

Insofar as they are prophecies ("Beware Macduff" is a warning, not a prophecy), they all come true, although not all during the course of the play. Banquo's descendants will eventually become kings of Scotland, but many years later. (Over 300 years later, historically.)

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What are the wreathed boughs in 'Oedipus Rex'?

Laurel and wool for supplication and then laurel and berries for good news are what make up the wreathed boughs in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban suppliants accompany the priest of Zeus to the Theban royal palace for an audience with Theban King Oedipus. They carry sticks wreathed in laurel and wool, as signs of supplication for royal action. Then Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law and royal colleague, comes back from meeting with the Delphic Oracle. He wears a bough of laurel packed with berries to let everyone know that the news is good from Delphi.


What religion practices putting cedar boughs on window and door sills?

The Great Lakes Indians of North America placed significance on using cedar boughs in their religious ceremonies. Placing them on window and door sills could have something to do with that. Visit the Related Link for more information.


How do you pronouns boughs?

The noun 'boughs' is the plural form of the singular 'bough' a word for the branches on a tree. The pronoun used for bough or boughs is 'it' or 'they'. Example:The boughs have lost their leaves, they look so bare.When the bough broke, it hit my car.


What is another word for boughs?

Branches.


How do you use boughs in a sentence?

When the wind is strong, it can break off the bough of the maple tree. Bough means a branch of the tree.


What are pine boughs?

Pine boughs are the branches of a pine tree. They are typically long, thin, and covered in needle-like leaves, giving them a distinct appearance. Pine boughs are commonly used for decorative purposes during the holiday season.


With what kind of boughs do you Deck the Halls?

Holly


What are Branches from pine trees called?

Boughs.


What is the plural of bough?

The plural of bough is boughs.


Why the banana plant is not tree?

It has no woody boughs or a trunk.


Why are the boughs happy and why is the melodist unwearied?

The boughs happy and why is the melodist unwearied in this passage from ode on a Grecian Urn are painted on a vase, and so exist in a timeless state.


In the Christmas song what do you deck the halls with?

you decorate with boughs of Holly!