First Episode Flashcards
Dramatic irony used to highlight Oedipus arrogance
“If id been present then/ there would have been no mystery”
Oedipus is erratic and changes his view on what should happen to the killer
“Nothing worse than exile, totally unharmed”
To
“Let that man drag out his life in agony”
Oedipus is ignorant and makes ironic statements
“So i will fight for him as if he were my father”
Oedipus is smart and sends for Tiresias before he is told to
“Ive not been slow with that. On Creons cue/ I sent escorts, twice,within the hour.”
Tiresias doesnt want to tell Oedipus about his parents as he knows the consequences of doing this
“I’d rather not cause pain for you or me”
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the cause of the plague
“You are the curse, the corruption of the land!”
Oedipus doesnt want to listen to Tiresias told him
“Aren’t you appalled to start up such a story”
AGON
Oedipus foreshadows and is cruel to a blind man
“Seer blinking his craft”
AGON
Oedipus calls Tiresias a fool
“You pious fraud”
AGON
Tiresias uses a double metaphor - he will be blind
- he is blind to his life
“You’re blind to the corruption in your life,/to the house you live in/ those you live with-/ who are you parents? Do you know?”
AGON
Tiresias uses a ship metaphor to make the audience uncomfortable as it talks about Oedipus reuniting with his mother as his wife
“Lusty voyage home to the fatal harbour”
