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Oedipus Review
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Ismene and Eteocles are ___________
Brother and sister
100

Why did Creon believe that Polynices was a traitor?

He attacked his own city

100
Why doesn't Ismene want to help Antigone at the beginning of the play?
Ismene is afraid of Creon's law/punishment
100

Go down below and love, if love you must – love the dead! While I’m alive, no woman is going to lord it over me.

Creon

100
Why is baby Oedipus sent away from his home?
His parents hear that he will kill his father and marry his mother.
200

Eurydice is Haemon's __________

Mother

200

What was the original penalty for burying Polynices' body?

Public execution by stoning

200

Why doesn't Antigone let Ismene die with her?

Ismene doesn't deserve an honorable death because she didn't help bury Polynices

200

Oh no, my sister, don’t reject me please. Let me die beside you, consecrating the dead together.

Ismene

200
Why does Oedipus leave Corinth and travel back towards Thebes?
He believes that the king+queen of Corinth are his real parents.
300

Antigone plans to marry Haemon, who is also her ________

Cousin

300
Why does Creon believe that locking Antigone in a cave will "absolve the State of her death"?
He isn't actually *killing* her
300

Why did Polynices and Eteocles kill each other?

They had a deal, Eteocles broke his promise, and Polynices attacked Thebes.

300

There – at last you’ve touched it, the worst pain the worst anguish! Raking up the grief of the father three times over, for all the doom that’s struck us down, the brilliant house of Laius.

Antigone

300

What does Oedipus do when his mother/wife hangs herself?

Gouges his eyes out.

400

Creon was Polynices' _____________

Uncle

400
When the sentry notifies Creon that someone has buried Polyneices, what does Creon threaten him with?
Torture
400

How is Antigone caught burying Polynices?

The guards dust off the body, and Antigone re-buries it.

400

And you will never see me, never set eyes on my face again. Rage your heart out, rage with friends who can stand the sight of you.

Haemon

400
How does Oedipus defeat the Sphinx?
He answers its riddle, and it kills itself.
500
Oedipus was Antigone's father and _____________
(half) brother
500

When Haemon tries to convince Creon to free Antigone, what does Creon threaten to do in order to teach Haemon a lesson?

Kill Antigone right in front of Haemon.

500

What were Creon's decrees about each brother's body?

Eteocles: buried/honored as a hero Polynices: body will be left to rot

500

You are the one who's sick, Creon, sick to death

Tiresias

500
How does Oedipus' kill his father?
Road rage
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