Oedipus Writings

Part 3

1. page 961; line 10 "...I, Oedipus, who bear the famous name...."
page 964; line 134 " Then once more I must bring what is dark to light."
2. The external conflict is the plague that has overtaken the city. Oedipus is viewing children who have fallen victim to this play. He believes that he must once again rise up and save the town. Not a large conflict, but it is the one taking place at the time.
3. Imagery gives the reader a more vivid picture of either what is going on or what is being described (such as an event, landscape, etc.).
4. motifs: fear and dread-the prophecy being fulfilled or has already been fulfilled
reluctance-to tell the truth to the Oedipus, the true killer
an ongoing reference to blindness-the old man seer and the truth
5. They are singing about god and asking whether or not he will heal them or bring them to rest or will he bring more misfortune. They also pray to Athena to bring all the grief yo an end. Towards the end of the song, they tell of the plague and what it has brought upon the city.

Part3

1. page 968; lines 81-83, page 968 lines 68-70 (role)
page 969; lines 104-105, page 969 lines 131-135 (internal conflict)
2. Teiresias infers that Oedipus is the murderer, and he also infers of how he slept with his own mother. Oedipus is appalled by all of this and orders the old seer away. Overall, the conflict is Oedipus not coming to face with the truth.
3. page 970; "You child of endless night! You cannot hurt me or any other man who sees the
sun."
page 969; "The man who dared that act will fear no curse."- unknown to Oedipus, he is the
very man who killed the king
page 969; lines 102-104-Teiresias is telling of how dreadful the knowledge of the truth is and
how he shouldn't have come. this truth, known to us, is that Oedipus killed his father, King
Laos-he's the killer he's been looking for.
page 972; lines 238-245-Tieresias is telling of the prophecy that was fulfilled by Oedipus
(which he believed he missed) and we know indeed that he did not.
5. page 964; line 140 " But for my own sake, to be rid of evil." Oedipus truly has no evil to rid
himself of. However, he does not know of the evil that he killed his own father and married his
mother-he is not aware of the evil that he committed in fulfilling his prophecy.
6. They are singing of how the prophecy came true and how Oedipus must be strong, unknowing that the gods are coming for him-because of the evil he committed (his prophecy). It also sings of the blind old seer, Teiresias, who came and revealed such a wild tale of truth-and now Laios' death was "stained" on Oedipus. It also questioned if it was the truth and if they should believe Oedipus, their "great lord criminal."