Here are some telling lines:
"Slain in a skirmish where the three roads meet?" (756)
"Thrill through my soul, my queen, at this thy tale." (753)
"What say'st thou? Did not Polybus beget me?" (1049)
"Thrill through my soul, my queen, at this thy tale."
It helps establish Creon as a foil for Oedipus, thus highlighting Oedipus's tendency not to think before he speaks.
We determine our own fate through our actions.
He tells him that all of the words being spoken are done so in anger
It helps establish Creon as a foil for Oedipus.
"Thrill through my soul, my queen, at this thy tale."
"Slain in a skirmish where the three roads meet?" (756)
what say'st tho? did not polybus beget me? (1049)
The line spoken by Oedipus that leads up to the anagnorisis is: "You all as well have heard, I guess, of Laius, how once he was our king, and / In what a plight he perished...." This line is significant because it sets the stage for Oedipus to begin unraveling the mystery of his true identity and how it connects to the prophecy he has been trying to avoid.
"What say'st thou? Did not polybus beget me?" (1049)
It represents dramatic irony; the audience knows that Oedipus himself is the murderer, but Oedipus does not.
It helps establish Creon as a foil for Oedipus, thus highlighting Oedipus's tendency not to think before he speaks.
We determine our own fate through our actions.
He tells him that all of the words being spoken are done so in anger
Our lives are both determined by fate and freewill.
It helps establish Creon as a foil for Oedipus.
Many lines are spoken by Oedipus since he is the protagonist in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus has interactions with every single character in the play. He interacts with the priest of Zeus and the suppliants regarding the recent concerns of his people. He then interacts with the chorus leader, his brother-in-law Creon, his wife Queen Jocasta and his royal advisor Teiresias the blind prophet in his quest for clues into the unsolved murder of his royal predecessor, King Laius. He finally interacts with the Corinthian messenger and the Theban shepherd in his search for his parentage.