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  Why must Oedipus seek Creon's permission to go into exile?

  Posted by rashad12 on Nov 17, 2009 at 05:06 PM

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  How does Oedipus act intelligently or morally with his prophecy of doom in Oedipus Rex?

  Posted by ada007 on Oct 20, 2009 at 09:10 PM

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  Was there a part in Oedipus Rex where Oedipus is judge, prosecuter and defendant?

  Posted by kingjacob02 on Sep 16, 2009 at 12:01 PM

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  In Oedipus Rex, is there anything Oedipus could have done differently that would have saved the kingdom?

  Posted by zoiley29 on Feb 26, 2009 at 09:38 PM

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  Opedipus promises he will do everything possible to rid the city of its plague. Did he keep his promise? Did he in fact do everything possible?

  Posted by rokkit62 on Feb 26, 2009 at 09:18 PM

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  In Oedipus Rex, does Oedipus keep his promise to rid the city of the plague?

  Posted by meggie457 on Feb 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM

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  Who is the one character in the play Oedipus the King, who saw, right from the start, the cause of the plague? 

  Posted by zoiley29 on Feb 23, 2009 at 09:05 AM

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  In Oedipus Rex, how is Oedipus led to commit the sin of killing his father and marrying his mother?

  Posted by illusionforever on Feb 10, 2009 at 01:37 PM

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  In what sense may Oedipus be regarded as a better man, though a less fortunate one, at the end of the play than at the beginning?

  Posted by tinagunderson34 on Apr 24, 2008 at 08:59 PM

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  What purposes are served by the appearance of Antigone and Ismene in the Exodos of "Oedipus Rex?"

  Posted by dannygunderson on Apr 23, 2008 at 08:03 AM

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  Is "Oedipus Rex" premised on the notion that Oedipus is bound or free?  Is he the puppet of fate or the creator of his own fate?

  Posted by tinagunderson34 on Apr 23, 2008 at 08:01 AM

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  Is Jocasta of "Oedipus Rex" a flat character-a generalized queen figure-or an individual with distinctive traits and personality?

  Posted by brence on Mar 26, 2008 at 07:27 PM

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  who is at fault for the tragic things that happened in oedipus rex?

  Posted by sweet08grad on Oct 28, 2007 at 09:08 AM

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  cite examples of paradox and irony in the play. what do these paradoxes and ironies indicate about the nature of life?

  Posted by jayedzz on Oct 11, 2007 at 07:58 PM

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  relate this play to the famous socratic statement that "the unexamined life is not worth living".

  Posted by edzjay on Oct 11, 2007 at 07:53 PM

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  what is the image of the drama that emerges in this play?

  Posted by mayjar on Oct 11, 2007 at 07:46 PM

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  comments on the last remarks of the chorus? let every man is mankind's frailty consider his last dayl; and let none presume on his god fortune......

  Posted by lenmar on Oct 11, 2007 at 07:40 PM

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  How free is oedipus to act?

  Posted by jaylen on Oct 11, 2007 at 07:22 PM

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  at one point, the chorus calls oedipus the "paradigm of men". in what ways does he stand for humanity?

  Posted by jaye on Oct 11, 2007 at 07:17 PM

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  what is the function of the chorus? does it serve as charater involved in the conflict, or merly as an observe who is detached from the events

  Posted by jayed on Oct 11, 2007 at 07:10 PM