man’s future laid out by fate or did his own choices create his own future. This issue is shown throughout some character in Oedipus the King. Throughout the reading man’s own choices created his future which was also destined to be their fate. Jocasta and King Laius have a son named Oedipus‚ which means swollen foot. Laius is told that his son will grow up and murder him. Once Laius learns this he decides to take matters into his own hands and try and change his fate. He took a wooden stick and
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When was this play written (which century)? Round 4: 1. Who said these words: “Nothing can penetrate the future”. 2. Who is the third in line to the throne in Thebes? 3. How did Jocasta say killed Laius? 4. Towards the end of the play who is the key witness that they are searching for? 5. How does Jocasta kill herself? Bonus Q: Describe exactly what the Sphinx is? Round 5: 1. Who said: “Time is a great healer‚ you will see.” 2. Why does Oedipus choose not to commit suicide but to live
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adoptive parents were key people in making the prophecy inevitable. From the beginning of his life‚ Oedipus’ fate is determined by others. One of Apollo’s priests came to King Laius of Thebes and prophesized his death at the hands of his own son. Jocasta admits this to Oedipus and further explains that when their son was just 3 days
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Good morning‚ members of the jury‚ court‚ and council. Many of you know the meaning behind the word crime. You all recognize that it is an action or omission that constitutes an offense. Some of you have may have seen a crime being committed and if not‚ certainly on the news. These crimes all have one similarity to them; most of them were intentional. Criminal intent is a necessary component of a "conventional" crime and involves a conscious decision on the part of one party to injure or deprive
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"Gods can be evil sometimes." In the play "Oedipus the King"‚ Sophocles defamed the gods’ reputation‚ and lowered their status by making them look harmful and evil. It is known that all gods should be perfect and infallible‚ and should represent justice and equity‚ but with Oedipus‚ the gods decided to destroy him and his family for no reason. It might be hard to believe that gods can have humanistic traits‚ but in fact they do. The gods‚ especially Apollo‚ are considered evil by the reader because
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Oedipus that Oedipus himself killed Laius- but his wife‚ Jocasta tells him not to believe in the prophets‚ because she and king Laius had a prophesy saying that they were going to have a child who was going to kill Laius and sleep with Jocasta‚ but they had the child killed. APRIL 2‚ 2014 Curse incurred upon Laius for having abducted Pelops’ son…Oedipus inherits the curse Oedipus means “swollen-footed” Prophecy causes Lauis and Jocasta‚ his wife‚ to expose new-born Oedipus Theban shepherd charged
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Oedipus anxious to find the truth decides to track down the shepherd to find out the truth about his real parents. Oedipus finds the shepherd and forces him to talk or he will kill him. The shepherd tells Oedipus that he is the son of Laius and Jocasta. Oedipus unwillingly has fulfilled the prophecy that was told to him from the beginning. Oedipus tries to avoid his fate by all means necessary‚ but fate falls into place in the strangest ways possible. He was abandoned by his biological parents
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parents‚ who raised him as a child‚ were King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth. Oedipus also becomes a king himself when he solves the Sphinx ’s riddle‚ thus saving Thebes and taking over the throne of the late King Laius. Oedipus then marries Jocasta‚ Laius ’s widow‚ and they have children together. Though he is a very fair and understanding husband‚ Oedipus ’s main concern is always the city of Thebes. When a plague strikes the city‚ Oedipus refused sleep until he finds the cause‚ and he‚ " sent
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free will exercised by Oedipus in this case as he ignores this plea by Jocasta to stop his investigation into the murder of Laius and his own parentage. Oedipus’s choice in this situation to ignore Jocasta’s plea to stop the investigation can be thus seen as proof that Oedipus’s tragic ending was in a way ‚ his own doing.Consider the fact that if Oedipus had stopped at his quest for the truth and heeded the advice of Jocasta‚ would anyone be the wiser of the truth? If Oedipus had not pursued the
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Jocasta’s philosophy of life is part of the main issue of Sophocles’ play ’King Oedipus’: destiny vs. freewill. Her statement "chance rules our lives"‚ however‚ is quite ironic as Jocasta had taken the fate of her son‚ Oedipus‚ very seriously when he was first born‚ so much so as to have him left to die on Mount Cithaeron in order to avoid his destiny. Oedipus is also very closely related to this debate. Was it chance that caused him to kill his father and marry his mother as was prophesied or was
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