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What is Oedipus' adopted hometown in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Corinth in actuality but Thebes in Oedipus' mind is what Oedipus' adopted hometowns is in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is born in Thebes. But he is fostered at a very, very early age into the royal house of Thebes. Years later, he leaves Corinth and settles down in Thebes. Even more years pass before Oedipus realizes that Thebes is his actual, not adopted, hometown.
What punishment does Oedipus call down on the murderer of laius?
banishment from Thebes.
Does the blind prophet of Thebes know the truth about Oedipus' life in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Yes, Teiresias the blind prophet of Thebes knows the truth about Oedipus' life in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Teiresias has held down the job of advisor to the king and prophet of Thebes ever since the city's founding four generations before Oedipus' birth. He knows all, through a combination of divinely given knowledge and through skilled reading of ritual sacrifices. But he can tell all only upon the request of the reigning king. That is why he sits on his knowledge of Oedipus' misdeeds until sent for.
What command from Apollo does Creon share with Oedipus in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Identify the killer of the previous King of Thebes and have carried out as punishment exile or execution of the guilty are the commands that Creon receives from Apollo's shrine and that he shares with Oedipus in the play "Oedipus Rex" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Thebes is losing harvests, livestock and newborns. Creon seeks the reason and the solution from the oracle at the shrine of Apollo. The oracle identifies the cause of the troubles as the unsolved murder of Laius years before and the solution as the tracking down and punishing of the guilty.
What detail of Jocasta's story troubles Oedipus in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Where the murderous event takes place is the detail of Jocasta's story that troubles Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta speaks about the death of her first husband King Laius to her second husband King Oedipus. She tells of the little that she knows, which basically comes down to the number of people killed and the place where the killings take place. The last detail upsets Oedipus, because it is in that place and at that time that he kills five men just before settling down in Thebes.
What is Oedipus' adopted hometown in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Corinth in actuality but Thebes in Oedipus' mind is what Oedipus' adopted hometowns is in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is born in Thebes. But he is fostered at a very, very early age into the royal house of Thebes. Years later, he leaves Corinth and settles down in Thebes. Even more years pass before Oedipus realizes that Thebes is his actual, not adopted, hometown.
What punishment does Oedipus call down on the murderer of laius?
banishment from Thebes.
Does the blind prophet of Thebes know the truth about Oedipus' life in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Yes, Teiresias the blind prophet of Thebes knows the truth about Oedipus' life in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Teiresias has held down the job of advisor to the king and prophet of Thebes ever since the city's founding four generations before Oedipus' birth. He knows all, through a combination of divinely given knowledge and through skilled reading of ritual sacrifices. But he can tell all only upon the request of the reigning king. That is why he sits on his knowledge of Oedipus' misdeeds until sent for.
How fully does Oedipus accept responsibility for what he does in 'Oedipus Rex'?
It is not at all fully that Oedipus accepts responsibility for what he does in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus ends up having to step down as king of Thebes. He is the killer of his father and sovereign as well as the husband of his own mother. He maintains that Apollo the god of prophecy is responsible for Oedipus' criminal acts and immoral behavior. He says that he is responsible only for blinding himself.
What command from Apollo does Creon share with Oedipus in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Identify the killer of the previous King of Thebes and have carried out as punishment exile or execution of the guilty are the commands that Creon receives from Apollo's shrine and that he shares with Oedipus in the play "Oedipus Rex" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Thebes is losing harvests, livestock and newborns. Creon seeks the reason and the solution from the oracle at the shrine of Apollo. The oracle identifies the cause of the troubles as the unsolved murder of Laius years before and the solution as the tracking down and punishing of the guilty.
What detail of Jocasta's story troubles Oedipus in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Where the murderous event takes place is the detail of Jocasta's story that troubles Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta speaks about the death of her first husband King Laius to her second husband King Oedipus. She tells of the little that she knows, which basically comes down to the number of people killed and the place where the killings take place. The last detail upsets Oedipus, because it is in that place and at that time that he kills five men just before settling down in Thebes.
What happens to Creon at the end of 'Oedipus Rex'?
That he becomes king is what happens to Creon at the end of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta commits suicide. Her husband, King Oedipus, has to step down because of criminal acts and immoral behavior. Creon, Jocasta's brother and Oedipus' royal colleague, is the closest and most eligible relative to take over the rule of Thebes.
What happens to Creon at the end of Oedipus?
That he becomes king is what happens to Creon at the end of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta commits suicide. Her husband, King Oedipus, has to step down because of criminal acts and immoral behavior. Creon, Jocasta's brother and Oedipus' royal colleague, is the closest and most eligible relative to take over the rule of Thebes.
Why does Oedipus kill Laius in 'Oedipus Rex'?
It is in self-defense that Oedipus kills Laius in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus walks into an intersection from the Delphi side at the same time that a six-member party drives in from the Thebes side. Perhaps the party scorns him because he shuffles and has scarred, swollen feet. At any rate, the charioteer pushes through and jostles Oedipus. Then the carriage's passenger hits Oedipus on the head with a double whip, which is insulting and really really hurts. Oedipus applies his staff to the stranger, who falls down dead in the intersection.
What are the ironies in the first part of 'Oedipus Rex'?
That Oedipus may be the very killer that he seeks and that just as he saves Thebes so may he destroy it are the ironies in the first part of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the priest of Zeus suggests that the city that Theban King Oedipus saves from the monstrous Sphinx may be brought down by the current pestilence. The gods through the Apolline oracle say that the pestilence will end with the identification and execution or exile of the guilty in the killing of Oedipus' royal predecessor, Laius. By the end of the first part of the play, it is looking most ironically like Oedipus is the killer, because Teiresias the blind prophet, Thebes' wisest man and leading royal advisor, says so.
What is the role of justice in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That it must be carried out and that in carrying it out it reveals Oedipus' true identity is the role of justice in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Thebans do not follow proper procedure in finding and punishing the guilty in King Laius' murder. King Oedipus likewise does not own up to the five murders that he commits on the way to Thebes. Oedipus' settling down and ruling Thebes leads to a doubly polluted environment through his neglect and that of Thebans to carry out mandatory cleansing rituals in the aftermath of murder. The resulting pestilence needs the solving of Laius' murder in order to end. The process of bringing the guilty to justice results in Oedipus' true identity as the very criminal being sought and as the cause and solution of the pestilence.
What is the second climax in 'Oedipus Rex'?
The realization about Laius' and Oedipus' crime scenes is the second climax in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus asks Queen Jocasta, his wife and Laius' widow, for help in finding the guilty in her first husband's murder. He dislikes the answer that he unexpectedly receives. His fortunes plummet when he hears that Laius' death place is the very same as the spot where Oedipus commits a crime against a similar person just before settling down in Thebes.
