The Oedipus Trilogy Group
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- cybil answered a question in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
Sophocles expected his audience to know the myth of Oedipus and to be familiar...
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What does Sophocles expect his audience to know about family relationships in the...
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Besides Teiresias' predictions, what other examples of the foreshadowing of the...
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My vote would be for Oedipus. I would rather have a leader with some initiative,...
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I can only comment on Creon because I'm more familiar with Antigone than with the...
- cybil added a post in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
Comparing the two men as kings in the two tragedies, it's clear that both Oedipus...
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That is a difficult question to address because both men suffer from an abundance...
- mskitty43 created a topic in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
Is Oedipus or Creon the better ruler and why?
- linda-allen answered a question in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
Can there be a more tragic situation than what this play presents? When he learns...
- tnw asked a question in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
How does Oedipus accept responsibility for his actions?
- sagetrieb answered a question in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
Creon’s life is spared when his son Haemon tries to kill him with a sword after...
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How does Creon react to being spared?
- bmadnick answered a question in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
Creon is the brother of Jocasta, the wife of Oedipus, the king. He's accused by...
- thom8291 asked a question in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
Who is Creon, and why is he important to the plot of Sophocles's Oedipus the King?
- sullymonster answered a question in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
Oedipus is horrified that he has killed his father. He explains to the chorus...
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How did Oedipus feel about murdering his father as he explains his situation to...
- jamie-wheeler answered a question in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
In Act I, Oedipus finds that his city has been plagued by famine, fires, and other...
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How does Oedipus see himself as the leader at the beginning of Oedipus Rex?
- jamie-wheeler answered a question in The Oedipus Trilogy Group:
Though I agree with the previous answer in part, my take is somewhat different.
I...
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In Oedipus’s story, his flaws are used to make him suffer, suffering is caused...
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