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Oedipus The King
A Group Presentation
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The city of Thebes is in need of saving
Oedipus does not know what he can do tosave the city
Sends Creon, brother of Oedipuss wife to
Apoo the pro!ts orace for advise on how tosave the city
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"aius was kied when traveing to a orace and
never returned'
Apoo wants the city of Thebes to pay backthe kier by !rst !nding who was responsibe
This is the !rst ti(e Oedipus hears of the(urder, it was )uicky forgotten and nottaked about after it happened
"aiuss *urder
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Oedipus orders peope of Thebes if they have
any infor(ation on the (urder to speak up,
they wi be rewarded'
+o one has any infor(ation for speaks ofanything regarding the (urder of "aius
Oedipuss eaction to The *urder
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Oedipus and Tiresias (eet, and they begin to verbay spar,
Oedipus is searching for the na(e of the (en that kied "aius'
Tiresias begins to goad and provoke Oedipus who reactsangriy towards what has been said'
Oedipus, enraged, accuses Tiresias of panning to destroyThebes because he is withhoding the knowedge'
Tiresias, -. say you are the (urderer that you hunt'/ "ine 0#%
Oedipus begins to deny the co((ent (ade and attacks
Tiresias for begin a bind od (an' Oedipus, -1ind, ost in the night, endess night that nursed
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Oedipus is convinced that Tiresias and Creon are working
together in an e:ort to usurp his rue
This begins a short (onoogue regarding Oedipus beief thathe is too powerfu for Creon and Tiresias to si(py overthrowhis rue because of this witch hunt'
;e credits stopping the Sphin< as a credentia that shows the(ight of his power'
The chorus eader proposes that Oedipus contain hi(sef but
Tiresias continues provoking hi(' ="ines 080$057> Cass? Open your books to page #5% and read the Tiresias
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@oowing the instigation of Oedipus by Tiresias, Creon
enters and tries to be dipo(atic regardess of what hehas been accused of'
pon seeing hi(, Oedipus beco(es even (ore enraged,Creon ai(s to get a word in edgewise and it takes a whiebut he eventuay ets hi( speak'
Creon e
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Oedipus tes Eocasta that Creon sent a prophet to say that he
(urdered "aius'
Eocasta says that he shoudnt trust prophetss and that they
dont (ean anything' Eocasta says that "aius was (urdered at a pace where three
roads (eet'
Oedipus reaiFes that he (ay have kied king "aius'
Oedipus wants to tak to the sevent who witnessed the
(urdering of "aius Oedipus ad(its to everyone that he kied a group of peope at a
cross road'
A (essenger co(es fro( Corinth and infor(s Oedipus that hisfather Poybus is dead'
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Eocasta hangs hersef by a noose'
Oedipus takes the pins fro( her robes and
stabs out his eyes' ;e then runs out of the paace and rants at his
fate and the in!nite darkness that e(braceshi('
;e then asks to be banished fro( Thebes
Eocasta is dead by Suicide
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Creon agrees to e
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Antigone and .s(ene enter to weep with their
father'
Oedipus reaches out to Creon to take care ofhis daughters but Creon backs away'
The guards then take away Antigone and.s(ene and Creon tes Oedipus that his power
has ended'
Antigone and .s(ene
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Oedipus ends up reaiFing towards the end of
the pay that he is not who he actuay thinks
he is, and this causes hi( to )uestioneverything that was put before hi(' At (anydi:erent ti(es during the pay Oedipus thinkshe knows who he is but in actuaity he does
not'
Iho a( .J
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Discussion uestion
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.f Oedipus never was taught by so(eone, or giving any e
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Once Oedipus reaiFes the horribe things that
he has done, and how the prophecies about
hi( had co(e true, he is horri!ed' ;e cuts hiseyes out and asks Creon to banish hi('
Harier in the Te
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Oedipus is forced to ook at his ife and co(e to ter(s
with what he has gone through, fro( being sent awayto be chained to a (ountain, to not knowing who hisparents are, and as a resut kiing his father King "aiuswho was the King of Thebes' A severe character Naw ofOedipus is his unreenting arrogance and how it bindshi( both iteray and !gurativey fro( seeing theissues that ie in front of hi('
The ne
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#' -Drive the corruption fro( the and, dont
harbor it any onger, past a cure, dont nurse
it in your soi L root it out/ L "ine ##9 page #80
Ihat is Apoo teing Oedipus to doJ
Discussion uestions
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4' Ihat woud you do if the curse was put
upon you, woud you run or do what Oedipus
didJ %' Ihat woud you do to avoid or stop the
curse fro( happeningJ
0' Open your books to page #5% and read the
Tiresias (onoogue and discuss in your groupswhat the (eaning of ines 059$&' the groupwith the best answer wi receive % bonus pts'
Discussion uestions cont
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