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characters
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irony
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Oedipuss wife
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Iocaste (Jocasta)
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was unaware of his true parentage
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Oedipus
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acts as a FOIL to Oedipus
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Creon
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was willing to live in incest
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Iocaste (Jocasta)
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it could be argued that HE was responsible for
Oeds fate
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Shepherd
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reason Oedipus became King
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Solved the riddle of the Sphinx
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the gods command for the people to get rid of
the plague
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find the killer of Laius
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this character works with the gods and speaks
TRUTH
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Teiresias
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town where most of play takes place
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Thebes
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Reason Oedipus gets angry at Teiresias
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He is told he is the killer of Laios
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What Oedipus means
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Swollen Foot
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time period of story
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one day
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name of town where Oedipus was raised
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Corinth
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how Oedipus first learns of his parents
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he was told about it at a party
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prophecy given to Laios and Jocasta
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Your son will kill his father
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prophecy given to Oedipus
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You will kill your father and marry your mother
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the place where Laios was killed
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where 3 roads meet
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the punishment for the killer of Laios
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exile
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the fate of Oedipuss daughters
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no man will love them
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reason Oedipus gives for gouging out his eyes
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he couldnt look at all of the shame he caused
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irony behind Oedipuss self punishment
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he couldnt see the truth
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By avenging Laios I will protect myself
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he brought about his doom by avenging Laios
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I will fight for Laios like he was my father
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Laios was his father
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I am a child of Luck
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He was unlucky
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Daily Double!!
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Oedipus makes fun of Ts blindness
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Oedipus ultimately blinds himself
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give an example of the peoples respect for gods
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the punishment changes if the gods are wronged
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an example of the role of FATE
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by trying to avoid prophecy Oedipus ran in to it
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Jocastas attempt to stop Oedipuss search is
an example of this
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Ignorance is bliss
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going to the oracle to find solutions to problems
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respect for gods
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reasons this is a tragedy
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eternal suffering tragic flaw feeling of
sympathy at the end