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Title: Oedipus Rex


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Oedipus Rex
  • By Sophocles

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OedipusSwollen foot
  • Son of Laius and Jocasta- King and Queen of
    Thebes/ Adopted son of Polybus and Merope- King
    and Queen of Corinth
  • Inadvertently fulfills his curse- Killed Laius
    and married Jocasta
  • Saved Thebes from the Sphinx when he solved the
    riddle
  • Is the unknowing cause of the new plague in Thebes

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Jocasta
  • Wife of Laius and mother of Oedipus/ later wife
    of Oedipus
  • She is Creons sister
  • She believed that she and Laius had escaped the
    curse when they threw away their baby (Oedipus)
  • She solves the riddle of Oedipus identity before
    he does

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Children of Oedipus and Jocasta
  • Antigone- daughter
  • Ismene- daughter
  • Etocles- son
  • Polynices- son

5
Creon
  • Brother to Jocasta and uncle/brother in law to
    Oedipus
  • He went to the oracle to find out the cause of
    the plague
  • He recommends Teiresias to Oedipus
  • He takes the throne at the end of the play

6
Teiresias
  • Blind soothsayer (prophet) of Thebes
  • His blindness is key to the theme of Greek
    Literature
  • He knows who Oedipus is and tells him only to be
    rejected

7
Chorus
  • Reacts to events on stage
  • Acts needed roles in the play (people of Thebes,
    someone for Oedipus to talk to, etc)
  • Broken into Strophe and Antistrophe

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Other Characters
  • Herdsman- ordered by Laius and Jocasta to take
    the baby and leave him to die on Mt. Cithaeron
  • Shepherd- got Oedipus from the Herdsman and gave
    him to Polybus and Merope
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