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Oedipus Rex. 人社 97 9353008 張琨林. Sophocles 496B.C. – 406 B.C. Greek tragedian 7 tragedies survived The Theban Cycle (Theban plays): Antigone, Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus Rex. Characters Oedipus swollen-foot Iocaste (Jocasta) Teiresias (Tiresias)
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Oedipus Rex 人社97 9353008 張琨林
Sophocles • 496B.C. – 406 B.C. • Greek tragedian • 7 tragedies survived • The Theban Cycle (Theban plays): Antigone, Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus Rex • Characters • Oedipus • swollen-foot • Iocaste (Jocasta) • Teiresias (Tiresias) • Creon • Shepherd of Laios • Messenger from Corinth • Second Messenger • Laios (Laius)
Plot • Prologue • Oedipus, Creon • Scene 1 • Oedipus, Teiresias • Scene 2 • Oedipus, Creon • Oedipus, Iocaste
Scene 3 • Iocaste, Messenger from Corinth, Oedipus • Scene 4 • Oedipus, Shepherd of Laios • Second Messenger • Oedipus, Creon
Fate and Free Will • Prophecies of Creon, Teiresias, Oedipus & Iocaste • Oedipus’s Free Will • Prophecies do come true. • fatalism
Source: • SparkNotes: The Oedipus Plays http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/oedipus/index.html • Wikipedia, Oedipus the King http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_the_King