Why does the chorus say (p. 21):
I neither killed the king nor can declare
the killer, but since Phoebus set the quest
it is his part to tell who the man is.
Why is Teiresias consulted? Why is he led in by a little boy?
Why does Oedipus think Creon put Teiresias up to telling Oedipus that he, Oedipus, was Laius's murderer? Oedipus says Creon wanted to "keep his own mouth free of any guilt," but could there be other reasons?
Why does Jocasta say to Oedipus, upon hearing of the death of Polybus, "Still in your father's death there's light of comfort."
Interpret Jocasta's line (p.52), "O Oedipus, God help you! God keep you from the knowledge of who you are."
Why does the sole survivor on the attack on King Laius's entourage say they were attacked by a band of robbers?
Why does Jocasta kill herself?
Why does Oedipus gouge his eyes out?
Why does Oedipus tell Creon at the end of the play he wants to go to live in Cithaeron, where his parents once sent him to die?
Can we be punished for our actions even if we did them without knowing they were wrong?
For Textual Analysis
From p. 22, "Teiresias, you are versed in everything," to p. 27, the end of Teiresias's speech"
Creon's speech, pp. 34-35, beginning "Not if you reflect on it as I do."
Oedipus's speech, beginning p. 41, "Polybus was my father, king of Corinth" to the end (p. 43)
His interchange with Jocasta and the First Messenger beginnig p. 47, "Ha! Ha! O dear Jocasta to p. 50, "So that from this you're called you present name."
Pages 57 to 58, starting with Oedipus "O O O, they will all come" and then segueing into the choral ode and ending with "my mouth to sleep with your name."
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