"Why, children, / why are you here, why / are you holding those branches tied with wool, / begging me for help?"
Who is Oedipus to the people of Thebes about the plague?
100
Oedipus becomes the king of Thebes by doing this?
What is ridding Thebes of the Sphinx?
100
"Oedipus" means this.
What is "swollen foot"?
100
This theme is played out when Oedipus says "LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT / never again flood these eyes with you white radiance, oh / gods, my eyes."
What is blindness vs. seeing?
100
"I weep for you / when I think how men will treat you, how bitter your lives / will be."
What is Oedipus to his children at the end of the play?
200
"You called me blind. / Now hear me speak, Oedipus. / You have eyes to see with, / but you do not see yourself"
Who is Tiresias to Oedipus after Oed accuses him of conspiracy.
200
Jocasta dies this way.
What is by hanging herself?
200
This character is killed at a crossroads.
Who is Laius?
200
This theme concerns the question if Oedipus is responsible for his downfall or the if the gods are.
What is fate vs. free will?
200
"Was Laius traveling with a small escort / or with many armed men, like a king?"
Who is Oedipus to Jocasta asking about how the king died?
300
"Oedipus! Kreon! Why this insane quarreling? / You should be ashamed, both of you. Forget yourselves."
Who is Jocasta to Oedipus and Kreon after their argument.
300
This is what happens to Oedipus at the end of the play.
What is that he blinded himself and banished himself?
300
This character is rational and uses reason to persuade Oedipus that he is Oedipus' friend.
Who is Kreon?
300
This is Oedipus' fatal flaw or tragic flaw.
What is excessive pride?
300
"You dare come here to my palace when it's clear / you've been plotting to murder me and seize the throne of / Thebes?"
Who is Oedipus to Kreon?
400
"Citizens, hear my curse again - / Give this man nothing. Let him touch nothing of yours. / Lock your doors when he approaches. / Say nothing to him when he approaches."
Who is Oedipus to Chorus on the punishment for the killing of Laius?
400
This is whom Oedipus accuses of conspiring against him.
Who are Tiresias and Kreon?
400
Tiresias is the prophet to this god.
Who is Apollo?
400
Symbolism is when one thing represents another. Eyes and vision in the play represent this.
What is truth?
400
"Apollo said the killers are still here, here in Thebes."
Who is Kreon to Oedipus and Chorus?
500
"That's when it happened -- he / ripped off the gold / brooches she was wearing -- one on each shoulder of her gown -- / and raised them over his head-- and brought them right down into his eyes."
What is the Messenger to Chorus and audience after Oedipus blinds himself.
500
T or F? Jocasta realizes the truth of Oedipus' birth before he does.
What is True?
500
These is Oedipus' adoptive parents.
Who are Merope and Polybus?
500
According to Aristotle, the audience feels both pity and this for Oedipus after his reversal of fate.
What is fear?
500
"one thing is clear / years back the Sphinx tested him / his answer was true / he was wise and sweet to the city / so he can never be evil / not to me"