Tragedy
Oedipus
Plot
Sub-Characters
Riddles and Prophcies
100
What was tragic about Jocasta?
She married her son according to the prophecy.
100
The parents of Oedipus are Jocasta and Laius. True or False?
True
100

What does Laius and Jocasta do to Oedipus to attempt to prevent their prophecy from coming true?

They leave Oedipus to die as a baby at Mount Cithaeron.

100
Who is the previous king of Thebes?
Who is Laius.
100

Who solved the Sphinx's riddle?

Who is Oedipus.

200

What was so tragic about Laius's death?

He tried to kill/ was killed by Oedipus, his son, out of rage. 

200
Who was asked to leave Oedipus in Mount Cithaeron to die?
Who is the shepherd.
200
What was happening when Oedipus reigned over Thebes?
It is raining blood, the crops have died, and the children in the wombs of women are dying.
200
Who does Oedipus marry?
Who is Jocasta.
200

Who gives Oedipus several riddles which make him angry?

Tiresias.

300
What is the tragedy of Thebes?
The people of Thebes attempt to bring back into prosperity by quickly electing a new king but it only makes the status of Thebes worse.
300
Where does Oedipus go to find out who he was born from?
What is the Oracle of Delphi.
300
Who goes to the Oracle of Delphi to find a solution to the problem in Thebes?
Who is Creon.
300
Does Creon refuse to attempt to save Thebes? True or False
False, Creon goes to the Oracle of Delphi to find a way to save Thebes.
300
What was Laius's prophecy?
Laius's prophecy is that he is doomed to be killed by his son.
400

What does Oedipus think he was as a child as the messenger relays where he was found?

What is a slave.

400
What is the reason Oedipus does not return to Corinth?
Oedipus did not want to kill his father and marry his mother as according to the prophecy.
400

Who enters the play first? The messenger from Corinth or Tiresias?

Tiresais

400

Who do the Chorus represent?

The townspeople of Thebes. 

400
Which sin is Oedipus committing when Tiresias says the riddle "I say that you and your most dearly loved Are wrapped together in a hideous sin, Blind to the horror of it"?
What is incest.
500

What is Oedipus' tragic flaw (you must name the Greek term)?

Hubris

500

Why does Oedipus's feet have special marks on them?

His feet were riveted together so that he couldn't moved when he was a baby.

500

What is Jocasta doing before the messenger from Corinth arrives?

Praying to the god Apollo

500
Who does Oedipus accuse of wanting the throne?
Who are Creon and Tiresias.
500

What was the final riddle given to Oedipus by Tiresias?

The truth of who his parents are. 

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