Who might be able to help discover the murderer’s identity?

13. According to the Chorus, who might be able to help discover the murderer’s identity? Tiresias.

What central question does the chorus ask Oedipus about his actions?

What central question does the chorus ask Oedipus about his actions? Why did he blind himself? What is oedipus ‘ reason for blinding himself? Whom does Oedipus curse?

How does the chorus feel about the possibility of Oedipus guilt?

Whom does Oedipus now accuse? How does the Chorus feel about the possibility of Oedipus ‘ guilt? they don’t believe that Oedipus is the killer because they don’t want to think the man that saved Thebes before is the reason for the plague in Thebes now. How does creon react to the accused charges against him?

What does the chorus urge Oedipus do?

What does Oedipus believe about Tiresias info? What does the chorus urge Oedipus to do? They urge him to be merciful. What evidence does Jocasta unknowingly reveal in her conversation with Oedipus?

Why did Oedipus take his eyes out?

Oedipus acknowledges that his hubris has left him blind to the truth and is too ashamed of himself to witness the citizens’ reactions. Overall, Oedipus chooses stab out his eyes as a way of punishing himself for his hubris and ignorance.

Is Tiresias blind?

Tiresias, in Greek mythology, a blind Theban seer, the son of one of Athena’s favourites, the nymph Chariclo. He is a participant in several well-known legends. Later legend told that he lived for seven (or nine) generations, dying after the expedition of the Seven Against Thebes.

What finally becomes of Oedipus?

What finally becomes of Oedipus? He lives in self-exile on Mt. Cithaeron where he should’ve died for an infant.

What is ironic about Oedipus claim that he is a stranger to the story?

All the people Oedipus seeks information from only have information about him. The stories he insists on hearing from Tiresias and the shepherd hinge on him and only him. This is the irony of Oedipus being a “stranger to the story”. He does not know the story, but it is his own story.

Why does Oedipus declare that Apollo is to blame for his troubles?

Oedipus blames Apollo and the gods for his sorrows. The requests that Oedipus makes of Creon are to bury Jocasta, banish him, to not worry about his sons, but take care of his daughters.

Is Oedipus guilty or innocent?

Answer and Explanation: Oedipus is neither guilty nor innocent. Although he killed his father and married his mother, he was destined to do this. This is his fate.

Does Oedipus feel guilty?

Guilt Theme Analysis. Oedipus lives with the guilt and remorse for having violated two of the most severe taboos of civilized society—incest and the killing of one’s parents. His overwhelming guilt at his actions caused him to blind himself and to beg to be banished from Thebes.

Which character in Sophocles Oedipus the King is most guilty?

Oedipus learns of the fate bestowed upon him: that he would murder his father and sleep with his mother. In an attempt to escape this prophecy, Oedipus decides to leave his home in Corinth, defying the fate bestowed upon him. His decision is the first and most reprehensible sin committed by Oedipus.

Did Oedipus know he killed his father?

Not until it was far too late did Oedipus know he killed his father. By the time the murder was revealed- the first part of the prophecy he had tried to avoid, he had already fulfilled the second and more horrifying part. He had married his own mother, and she had borne his children.

How did Jocasta avoid the prophecy?

Laius and Jocasta, the king and queen of Thebes, are having no luck conceiving a child. Eventually, Jocasta gets pregnant and gives birth to a bouncing baby boy. To try and avoid the prophecy, Lauis pierces the baby’s ankles, binding them together with a pin, and abandons his son on the slopes of Mt. Cithaeron.

What is ironic about what the chorus is saying for Oedipus to do?

The irony that is hidden is that although he saved them, murder also caused the plague again and the murder that happened was because of Oedipus killing the king/ his own father. In an ardent speech (lines 168 – 244) the chorus addresses the gods, adding such titles as “Healer of Delos” for Apollo.