1 / 9

Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King. By : AG. First sends his brother-in-law to Oracle to figure out how to catch the murder of the first king. Uhh?. GO TO ORACLE!. Creon comes back and tells him the Oracle says Oedipus to find killer of Laius. People find out that he is a murder!!!!. Get out of my palace.

teagan-kelly
Download Presentation

Oedipus the King

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Oedipus the King By: AG

  2. First sends his brother-in-law to Oracle to figure out how to catch the murder of the first king. Uhh? GO TO ORACLE!

  3. Creon comes back and tells him the Oracle says Oedipus to find killer of Laius.

  4. People find out that he is a murder!!!! Get out of my palace. YOU’RE THE ONE WHO KILLED KING LAIUS! Blind prophet refuses to speak

  5. Hints darkly of incestuous marriage, a future of blindness, infamy, and wandering!!

  6. Queen says ignore prophecies cause prophet said first husband would die hands of their son. Still says that husband died at crossroads by robbers.

  7. Sends for only witness, Shepard. Finds out that Polybus and Merope are not real parents.

  8. Queen Jocasta knows about Oedipus killing her husband/his father. So she kills herself.

  9. Oedipus takes pins from mothers gown and rakes out his eyes. Then begs Creon to kill him.

More Related