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Who brings the news of the curse on Laius and Jocasta in 'Oedipus Rex'?
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A prophet, Jocasta and the Theban shepherd all bring news of the curse of King Laius and Queen Jocasta in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta tells her second husband, King Oedipus, of a cursed prophecy that her and her first husband King Laius' son will grow up to kill his father. She identifies the original news-bearing source as an unnamed prophet who is not in the same league as the widely renowned, widely respected Delphic Oracle. Subsequently, a Theban shepherd who also is Jocasta's most trusted servant confirms the prophetic curse on the royal couple.
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Who is king laius in Antigone?
The father of Oedipus, who was Antigone's father. As the curse stated by Tiresias went, Oedipus ended up inadvertently killing Laius.
How is 'Oedipus Rex' about the curse of honesty?
That Oedipus makes good on a promise that ruins him is the way in which "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) is about the curse of honesty.Specifically, Theban King Oedipus heads an investigation into King Laius' murder. The trail quickly grows cold. Oedipus discusses the murder with his royal advisor, Teiresias the blind prophet. Teiresias charges Oedipus with the crime. Oedipus calls upon information from Queen Jocasta, his wife and Laius' widow. It becomes apparent that Oedipus is a suspect since Laius' murder takes place at the same place and time as a murder committed by Oedipus on his way to Thebes. Oedipus alters the investigation's direction and interviews two people upon whose eyewitness testimony he is convicted as the killer of Laius, his father and his sovereign.
What are examples of Oedipus's hamartia?
He accuses Teiresias of plotting Laius's murder. He utters a curse upon Laius's murder.
Example of hamartia as it appears in the character Oedipus?
Hamaratia as it appears in the character Oedipus utters a curse condemning Laius's killer.
What is Oedipus's vow to the people of Thebes?
Oedipus vows to avenge Laius' death, and to lay a curse on and drive the murderer from Thebes.
Who is king laius in Antigone?
The father of Oedipus, who was Antigone's father. As the curse stated by Tiresias went, Oedipus ended up inadvertently killing Laius.
How is 'Oedipus Rex' about the curse of honesty?
That Oedipus makes good on a promise that ruins him is the way in which "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) is about the curse of honesty.Specifically, Theban King Oedipus heads an investigation into King Laius' murder. The trail quickly grows cold. Oedipus discusses the murder with his royal advisor, Teiresias the blind prophet. Teiresias charges Oedipus with the crime. Oedipus calls upon information from Queen Jocasta, his wife and Laius' widow. It becomes apparent that Oedipus is a suspect since Laius' murder takes place at the same place and time as a murder committed by Oedipus on his way to Thebes. Oedipus alters the investigation's direction and interviews two people upon whose eyewitness testimony he is convicted as the killer of Laius, his father and his sovereign.
What are examples of Oedipus's hamartia?
He accuses Teiresias of plotting Laius's murder. He utters a curse upon Laius's murder.
What is an example of as it appears in the character Oedipus?
He utters a curse condemning Laius's killer and he accuses Teiresias of plotting Laius's murder.
Example of hamartia as it appears in the character Oedipus?
Hamaratia as it appears in the character Oedipus utters a curse condemning Laius's killer.
What is Oedipus's vow to the people of Thebes?
Oedipus vows to avenge Laius' death, and to lay a curse on and drive the murderer from Thebes.
What is an example of hamartia as it appears in the character Oedipus?
He utters a curse condemning Laius's killer and he accuses Teiresias of plotting Laius's murder.
What is an example of Oedipus is hamartia?
He utters a curse upon Laius's murderhe accuses teiresias of plotting laius's murderhis character in general was really horrible.....the hubris
What is an example of Oedipus's hamartia?
He utters a curse upon Laius's murderhe accuses teiresias of plotting laius's murderhis character in general was really horrible.....the hubris
Why does Oedipus curse the man who saves him as an infant in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That the rescue does not save him from his prophesied fate is the reason why Oedipus curses the man who saves him from an infant death in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, a Theban shepherd is Theban Queen Jocasta's most trusted servant. Jocasta makes the request that her three-day-old son Oedipus be killed rather than grow up to his predicated fate as his father's killer. The shepherd instead presents Oedipus to a Corinthian shepherd heading back to the Corinth where the royal couple is childless. But Oedipus turns out to be exactly what the Furies of fate predict despite the efforts of Jocasta, Laius, Oedipus and the shepherd to the contrary.
What is the relationship between the curse Oedipus lays upon Laius' murderer and Creon's statement that these are not idle words?
The contrast between these statements sets up Creon as a foil for Oedipus and highlights Oedipus's hamartia
What curse does Oedipus place on his sons and how does the curse come to pass in 'Oedipus at Colonus'?
That Eteocles and Polyneices will have a fatal feud from which neither survives as King of Thebes is the curse that Theban King Oedipus places upon both his sons in "Oedipus at Colonus" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the twin brothers are ashamed of their father once it becomes widespread knowledge that Oedipus is the killer of his own father, Theban King Laius, and the husband of his own mother, Theban Queen Jocasta. Oedipus is forced into exile, and the twins are the heirs in a joint power-sharing arrangement ... until they quarrel and end up killing each other on the battlefield outside their hometown of Thebes.
