Oedipus the King
Publié le 01/10/2013
Extrait du document
«
“Enough! I won’t listen to this sort of talk from you.
Damn you! My curse on you! Get out of here,
quickly.
Away from this house, back to where you came from!” –Oedipus (p.
25)
This quote explains why they enlist the help of Tiresias, he is a blind prophet who knows about
the plague therefore he has information they need.
“Tiresias, you who understands all things– those which can be taught and those which may not be
mentioned, things in the heavens and things which walk the earth! You cannot see, but you understand the
city’s distress, the disease from which it is suffering.” – Oedipus (p.18)
Natasha Bougie
Oedipus the King Scene 3
A ) 1.
Oedipus continues to blame Creon, despite the evidence proven against his beliefs.
Oedipus is
very stubborn and furthers his accusations.
They continue to quarrel until the people of Thebes
ask Oedipus to let Creon live.
2.
While Jocasta tries to comfort Oedipus by mentioning she doesn’t believe in profits, she tells
Oedipus the story behind the death of Laius.
It clicks in Oedipus’s mind that he actually might be
the Laius’s killer since her story matches with his past events.
3.
He plans on further investigating by asking the Sheppard, a survivor from the attack, if it was
a mob of robbers or a single man.
B) The significance of this scene is that Oedipus is finally learning that he might be the killer of his
father and that the prophecy was right about him all along.
This scene is important because it talks about
the Oedipus past that might haunt him in his future.
C) This quote shows the duality of Oedipus.
Even though he is very stubborn in what he believes to
be true, he still respects and cares for his people since he agrees to let Creon go.
“Well then, let him go– even if it does lead to my death or inglorious banishment.
It is your piteous
speech that rouses my compassion– not what he says.
As for him, I shall hate him wherever he goes.” –
Oedipus (p.38)
This quote displays Creon’s intelligence as he looks rationally at the situation presented instead of
bursting in anger like Oedipus.
He builds a case for himself against Oedipus by explaining that
he has all the perks of being a king without the fear or responsibility..
»
↓↓↓ APERÇU DU DOCUMENT ↓↓↓
Liens utiles
- Oedipus Oedipus, in Greek mythology, king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes.
- Presley Elvis, surnommé The King, 1 935-1977, né à Tupelo (Mississippi), chanteur de rock américain.
- Seven Against Thebes Greek The name given to the conflict between the rulers of the kingdom of Thebes and the rebels who challenged the king for the throne.
- Iphicles Greek Halfbrother of the hero Heracles; son of Amphitryon, a prince of Tiryns, and his wife, Alcmene, who was a daughter of the king of Mycenae; husband to Automedusa, and later, to the youngest daughter of King Creon of Thebes.
- Iphigenia Greek Daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War; sister of Electra and Orestes.