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Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:47:43 en-us <![CDATA[In Scene 3 of Sophocles's "Oedipus Rex," a messenger arrives with the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-does-oedipus-learn-fron-shepherd-88833 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-does-oedipus-learn-fron-shepherd-88833 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:47:43 PST <![CDATA[What does Oedipus learn fron the shepherd in "Oedipus Rex"?]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-does-oedipus-learn-fron-shepherd-88833 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-does-oedipus-learn-fron-shepherd-88833 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:57:39 PST <![CDATA[People will tell you incessantly that 'hamartia' (an Ancient Greek word)...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/oediopus-hamaritia-idea-hubris-something-else-88733 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/oediopus-hamaritia-idea-hubris-something-else-88733 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:11:40 PST <![CDATA[Is Oedipus' 'hamartia' hubris, or is it something else?]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/oediopus-hamaritia-idea-hubris-something-else-88733 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/oediopus-hamaritia-idea-hubris-something-else-88733 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:31:10 PST <![CDATA[When Jocasta enters the play, she comes to mediate the quarrel between...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-does-jocasta-think-gods-88561 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-does-jocasta-think-gods-88561 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:41:00 PST <![CDATA[What does Jocasta think of the gods?]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-does-jocasta-think-gods-88561 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-does-jocasta-think-gods-88561 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:28:31 PST <![CDATA[Arguably, that what Sophocles is talking about that fate is not up to...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-did-oedipus-king-says-about-nature-fate-77721 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-did-oedipus-king-says-about-nature-fate-77721 Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:41:43 PST <![CDATA[Besides Teiresias' predictions, what other examples of the foreshadowing...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/besides-teiresias-predictions-what-other-examples-87423 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/besides-teiresias-predictions-what-other-examples-87423 Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:24:06 PST <![CDATA[I agree with Post #4, he does not have a flaw but suffers from...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/group/discuss/do-you-think-that-oedipus-has-fatal-flaw-prid-15625#9 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/group/discuss/do-you-think-that-oedipus-has-fatal-flaw-prid-15625#9 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:59:45 PST <![CDATA[vic3kia33, In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, it is revealed, though...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/story-oedipus-rex-who-murdered-father-87173 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/story-oedipus-rex-who-murdered-father-87173 Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:58:01 PST <![CDATA[In the story Oedipus Rex who murdered the father?]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/story-oedipus-rex-who-murdered-father-87173 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/story-oedipus-rex-who-murdered-father-87173 Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:07:17 PST <![CDATA[creon he is jocastas brother sent to delphi to help thebes by oedipus]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/who-was-sent-delphi-learn-how-help-thebes-63067 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/who-was-sent-delphi-learn-how-help-thebes-63067 Fri, 29 May 2009 14:06:07 PST <![CDATA[I got this off another forum, but I have this exact same question for a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/my-question-how-why-oedipus-tyrannus-tragedy-self-86175 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/my-question-how-why-oedipus-tyrannus-tragedy-self-86175 Wed, 27 May 2009 21:03:26 PST <![CDATA[ My question is, how and why is Oedipus Tyrannus a tragedy of...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/my-question-how-why-oedipus-tyrannus-tragedy-self-86175 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/my-question-how-why-oedipus-tyrannus-tragedy-self-86175 Wed, 27 May 2009 15:07:21 PST <![CDATA[Oedipus stabs his eyes and blinds himself because, as Teiresias has...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/n-what-sense-may-oedipus-b-regarded-beter-man-84615 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/n-what-sense-may-oedipus-b-regarded-beter-man-84615 Tue, 26 May 2009 21:12:00 PST <![CDATA[what does the choagos compare thebes to?]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-does-choagos-compare-thebes-84865 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/what-does-choagos-compare-thebes-84865 Tue, 19 May 2009 18:07:34 PST <![CDATA[In what sense may Oedipus be regarded as a better man, though a less...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/n-what-sense-may-oedipus-b-regarded-beter-man-84615 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/n-what-sense-may-oedipus-b-regarded-beter-man-84615 Mon, 18 May 2009 17:33:02 PST <![CDATA[In Aristotle's Poetics the tragic hero is defined as of noble stature,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/why-does-oedipus-decide-let-creon-go-83227 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/why-does-oedipus-decide-let-creon-go-83227 Mon, 11 May 2009 14:22:39 PST <![CDATA[In "Oedipus Rex," why does Oedipus decide to let Creon go to Delphi?]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/why-does-oedipus-decide-let-creon-go-83227 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/why-does-oedipus-decide-let-creon-go-83227 Mon, 11 May 2009 13:20:21 PST <![CDATA[how does oedipus exhibit weakness of character? in the playoedipius the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/how-does-oedipus-exhibit-weakness-character-point-19309 http://www.enotes.com/oedipus-rex/q-and-a/how-does-oedipus-exhibit-weakness-character-point-19309 Wed, 6 May 2009 18:22:34 PST