Tuesday, Feb. 6 2007

PAUSE AND REFLECT:

1.What are your impressions of Oedipus as a leader?

2. What is the cause of the plague in Thebes?

3. What details helped you visualize Thebes as a a city of death?

4. What curse does Oedipus put on the killer or killers of Laius?

5.Whom does Tiresias name as the murderer of Laius?

6.Why does Oedipus turn against Creon?

7.Jocasta has told Oedipus that Laius was killed at "a place where three roads meet." Why does Oedipus become fearful when he hears this piece of information?

8.What does Oedipus learn about Polybus from the messenger?

9. How did it come about that Oedipus was raised as Polybus' son?

10. What does Oedipus discover about his birth?

11. How and why does Oedipus blind himself?
Oedipus blinded himself because he didn't want to see what he was doing .