Table of Contents
- 1 How does Oedipus win the throne of Thebes?
- 2 What is the role of the Sphinx in Oedipus journey to Thebes?
- 3 How did Oedipus save Thebes from the Sphinx?
- 4 Which king married his own mother?
- 5 Did Jocasta know Oedipus was her son?
- 6 Who is Oedipus real father?
- 7 What does Oedipus need to do to stop the plague?
- 8 How did Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx?
- 9 What does Creon ask Oedipus at the end of the play?
- 10 Is the Sphinx in Oedipus Rex a male or female?
How does Oedipus win the throne of Thebes?
Oedipus tries to run from this fate, but ends up running right into it. He kills Laius in a scuffle at a crossroads, not knowing he’s his real dad. Later, he wins the throne of Thebes and unknowingly marries his mother, Jocasta, after answering the riddle of the Sphinx.
What is the role of the Sphinx in Oedipus journey to Thebes?
Traveling toward Thebes, he encountered Laius, who provoked a quarrel in which Oedipus killed him. Continuing on his way, Oedipus found Thebes plagued by the Sphinx, who put a riddle to all passersby and destroyed those who could not answer.
What happens in Act 1 of Oedipus Rex?
Oedipus the King Scene 1. At an altar, outside his palace, Oedipus finds a delegation of citizens and a priest of Zeus. He approaches them in order to hear what they have to say, as he cares about them and does not want to send a messenger.
How did Oedipus save Thebes from the Sphinx?
(i) How did Oedipus save Thebes before becoming its king? It placed a great plague over Thebes and refused to remove it until someone correctly answered its riddle. Many heroes attempted to answer the riddle, but each one was eaten alive after answering incorrectly. When Oedipus answered the Sphinx, it killed itself.
Which king married his own mother?
Oedipus
Oedipus found out that he killed Laius, his father, and married his mother, Jocasta. He was horrified, so he gouged his eyes out and exiled himself from Thebes.
Why did Jocasta marry Oedipus?
When Oedipus is born, Laius ties his hands and feet and leaves him on a mountainside to die. The Sphinx is so distraught and angry when Oedipus answers the riddle that she kills herself. The Thebans, not knowing it is Oedipus who has killed Laius their king, reward him with an offer of marriage to Jocasta the Queen.
Did Jocasta know Oedipus was her son?
The narration is supposed to take place right after Jocasta died, when she is looking back on her life. She reveals that she has known all along that Oedipus is her son, and that she has not been ashamed of it. Jocasta says that she knows from the moment she sees him as a man that Oedipus is her son.
Who is Oedipus real father?
Laius
Pucci said that the Greek Oedipus has four fathers: Laius, his biological father; Polybus, his adoptive father; the king as a father to his citizens; and Apollo, as the divine Father.
What eventually happens to Jocasta?
What eventually happens to Jocasta? She hangs herself.
What does Oedipus need to do to stop the plague?
Oedipus returns and tells the Chorus that he will end the plague himself. He asks if anyone knows who killed Laius, promising that the informant will be rewarded and the murderer will receive no harsher punishment than exile.
How did Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx?
The Sphinx placed a great plague over Thebes and refused to remove it until someone correctly answered its riddle. Many heroes attempted to answer the riddle, but each one was eaten alive after answering incorrectly. When Oedipus answered the Sphinx correctly, the Sphinx killed itself.
How did Oedipus become the king of Thebes?
He was pronounced King of Thebes but unknowingly married his mother, Jocasta. The Sphinx had been terrorizing Thebes for an undisclosed amount of time before Oedipus was able to defeat it. The Sphinx placed a great plague over Thebes and refused to remove it until someone correctly answered its riddle.
What does Creon ask Oedipus at the end of the play?
Creon asks Oedipus if he wants to hear the news in private, but Oedipus insists that all the citizens hear. Creon then tells what he has learned from the god Apollo, who spoke through the oracle: the murderer of Laius, who ruled Thebes before Oedipus, is in Thebes. He must be driven out in order for the plague to end.
Is the Sphinx in Oedipus Rex a male or female?
OEDIPUS REX. A very telling instance of what’s wrong can be detected in the whole notion of the riddle of the Sphinx. Here’s Joseph Campbell’s discussion of the riddle: The Sphinx in the Oedipus story is not the Egyptian Sphinx, but a female form with the wings of a bird, the body of an animal, and the breast, neck, and face of a woman.