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The words of the Oracle at Apollo's Shrine and his own self protection get Theban King Oedipus to agree to avenge the death of Theban King Laius. There's a pestilence that's ruining harvests, reducing the Theban population, and ravaging livestock. The Oracle says that the pestilence will end with the identification and punishment of the person or persons who killed Oedipus' royal predecessor and father.

Oedipus says that he'll follow the Oracle's advice. But he appears to be at least as concerned, or more so, over protecting himself. He suggests that tracking down the culprit or culprits may save him from a similar fate.

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Why does Oedipus agree to search for Laius' killer in 'Oedipus Rex'?

That its success will end the pestilence is the reason why Oedipus agrees to search for Laius' killer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus cares about his city and his people. He dislikes the pestilence that causes children to die, crops to fail and livestock to ail. He finds out that identifying and punishing the guilty in Laius' murder will end the pestilence. He hears this prediction from the Delphic oracle by way of his brother-in-law and royal colleague King Creon. This fact makes his mission one of fulfillment of divine will.


Oedipus remains in the dark Do you agree?

is oedipus rex a privete or a public play


Why does Oedipus fight with his brothers?

Theban King Oedipus has no brothers with whom to fight. He's the only, abandoned child of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. He becomes the only, adoptive son of and heir apparent to King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth.Instead, it's Oedipus' twin sons who fight each other. Eteocles and Polyneices inherit the throne with their mother's suicide and their father's exile. They agree to a joint power sharing arrangement whereby they alternate years of rule. But at the end of the year, Eteocles refuses to give the throne up to Polyneices. He even goes so far as to exile him from Thebes.


Which choices does Jocasta make in 'Oedipus Rex'?

Agree to marry a man young enough to be her son, break up a fight in the royal household, help search for her first husband's killer, send for the surviving eyewitness to that killing, share the news of the Corinthian messenger, and take her life when she cannot stop Oedipus' uncomfortable questions are the choices that Jocasta makes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta marries the much younger Oedipus even though the killing of her first husband, King Laius, is left inadequately investigated and unatoned by cleansing rituals. Years later, the royal household must identify and punish the guilty in that murder if a pestilence is to be stopped before all Thebes is wiped out. Jocasta tries to smooth things over when tempers flare between her husband and Creon, her brother and the couple's royal colleague. Additionally, she tries to help Oedipus' investigations by sharing what she knows and summoning the surviving eyewitness to Laius' death. But things take an unexpected turn when a messenger tells Jocasta of the death of Corinthian King Polybus, and Oedipus learns that he is not that monarch's biological son. When Jocasta cannot stop Oedipus' questions about his true parentage, she hangs herself.


Which of Oedipus's children was mentioned in the play?

All four of Oedipus' children were mentioned in the play 'Antigone'. Oedipus and Jocasta, who was both his mother and his wife, had twin sons named Eteocles and Polyneices. The twins were named as the kings who killed each other, because they couldn't agree to alternate years of rule. Oedipus and Jocasta had two daughters named Antigone and Ismene. Ismene was a survivor, whereas Antigone was a terminal risk taker.

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Why does Oedipus agree to search for Laius' killer in 'Oedipus Rex'?

That its success will end the pestilence is the reason why Oedipus agrees to search for Laius' killer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus cares about his city and his people. He dislikes the pestilence that causes children to die, crops to fail and livestock to ail. He finds out that identifying and punishing the guilty in Laius' murder will end the pestilence. He hears this prediction from the Delphic oracle by way of his brother-in-law and royal colleague King Creon. This fact makes his mission one of fulfillment of divine will.


Oedipus remains in the dark Do you agree?

is oedipus rex a privete or a public play


From where does the monster defeated by Oedipus come in 'Oedipus Rex'?

The gods send the monstrous Sphinx to harass Thebes until defeated by Oedipus in the play "Oedipus Rex" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, little information about the Sphinx is provided in the play. It is through knowledge of other information sources that background questions about the Sphinx may be answered. Even then, the sources are conflicting about her parentage and her homeland although many tend to agree ultimately on Egyptian or Ethiopian origins.Some suggest that the Sphinx is the natural daughter of Laius, whose murder takes place just before her arrival at Thebes. Laius' family and people move on in their lives without seeking and punishing the guilty and without carrying out necessary cleansing rituals. The Sphinx's appearance therefore may be foreshadowing of future punishment for such Theban lapses or the first step in the expression of divine wrath.


Why does Oedipus fight with his brothers?

Theban King Oedipus has no brothers with whom to fight. He's the only, abandoned child of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. He becomes the only, adoptive son of and heir apparent to King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth.Instead, it's Oedipus' twin sons who fight each other. Eteocles and Polyneices inherit the throne with their mother's suicide and their father's exile. They agree to a joint power sharing arrangement whereby they alternate years of rule. But at the end of the year, Eteocles refuses to give the throne up to Polyneices. He even goes so far as to exile him from Thebes.


Which choices does Jocasta make in 'Oedipus Rex'?

Agree to marry a man young enough to be her son, break up a fight in the royal household, help search for her first husband's killer, send for the surviving eyewitness to that killing, share the news of the Corinthian messenger, and take her life when she cannot stop Oedipus' uncomfortable questions are the choices that Jocasta makes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta marries the much younger Oedipus even though the killing of her first husband, King Laius, is left inadequately investigated and unatoned by cleansing rituals. Years later, the royal household must identify and punish the guilty in that murder if a pestilence is to be stopped before all Thebes is wiped out. Jocasta tries to smooth things over when tempers flare between her husband and Creon, her brother and the couple's royal colleague. Additionally, she tries to help Oedipus' investigations by sharing what she knows and summoning the surviving eyewitness to Laius' death. But things take an unexpected turn when a messenger tells Jocasta of the death of Corinthian King Polybus, and Oedipus learns that he is not that monarch's biological son. When Jocasta cannot stop Oedipus' questions about his true parentage, she hangs herself.


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All four of Oedipus' children were mentioned in the play 'Antigone'. Oedipus and Jocasta, who was both his mother and his wife, had twin sons named Eteocles and Polyneices. The twins were named as the kings who killed each other, because they couldn't agree to alternate years of rule. Oedipus and Jocasta had two daughters named Antigone and Ismene. Ismene was a survivor, whereas Antigone was a terminal risk taker.


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