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  What is the role of each character in these plays?

  Posted by mel135 on Oct 27, 2009 at 06:32 PM

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  In Oedipus Rex, what are 3 examples of "whatever the gods decide, your fate cannot be avoided"?

  Posted by lauraborst44 on Oct 3, 2009 at 03:24 PM

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  Why is his identify of Teresias. especially ironic, and how does it add great power to the play’s view of human rationality—and its limits?

  Posted by zoiley29 on Feb 25, 2009 at 11:17 AM

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  Discuss Creon's personality and behaviour throughout the play.

  Posted by orangetree on Jan 10, 2009 at 08:32 AM

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  In "The Oedipus Trilogy", where was the baby found?

  Posted by daisyloves2 on Dec 17, 2008 at 11:54 AM

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  What is the meaning of the long prayer by the chorus and how do Oedipus resond to the long prayer?

  Posted by jen1104 on Dec 14, 2008 at 10:06 AM

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  How do gods play an important role in the characters' lives in "The Oedipus Trilogy"?

  Posted by stooge on Nov 11, 2008 at 09:37 AM

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  Waiting For Time tells the story of todays Newfoundland a place where the past overshadows the future and shapes the future. Defend or contradict

  Posted by rose676 on Oct 31, 2008 at 06:48 PM

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  Waiting For Time tells the story of todays Newfoundland a place where the past overshadows the future & shapes the future. Defend or contradict

  Posted by rose676 on Oct 31, 2008 at 05:09 PM

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  How does the audience feel about Oedipus at the end? Compare this reaction to how the chorus felt about Oedipus in the beginning of the play.

  Posted by rose676 on Oct 27, 2008 at 07:23 PM

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  What does Sophocles expect his audience to know about family relationships in the royal house of Thebes?

  Posted by jodeaa on Mar 6, 2008 at 06:20 AM

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  Besides Teiresias' predictions, what other examples of the foreshadowing of the shepherd's revelations do we find?

  Posted by dvstudy on Mar 5, 2008 at 04:28 PM

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  How does Oedipus accept responsibility for his actions?

  Posted by tnw on Feb 11, 2008 at 01:50 PM

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  How does Creon react to being spared?

  Posted by zg-fabiola on Nov 3, 2007 at 02:35 PM

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  Who is Creon, and why is he important to the plot of Sophocles's Oedipus the King?

  Posted by thom8291 on Oct 27, 2007 at 10:13 AM

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  How did Oedipus feel about murdering his father as he explains his situation to the chorus?

  Posted by leahmichelle32 on Oct 7, 2007 at 05:37 PM

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  How does Oedipus see himself as the leader at the beginning of Oedipus Rex?

  Posted by jtanimoto on Aug 25, 2007 at 11:33 PM

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  What is Oedipus' flaw in the play, Oedipus

  Posted by irene1984 on Jun 3, 2007 at 12:16 PM

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  What is the condition of the people of Thebes when the play opens?

  Posted by tal2192 on Mar 11, 2007 at 06:08 PM