Oedipus Rex Flashcards
Creon to Oed
“hear me out, then judge me on the facts”
Ep2
Oed to T
The flight of my own intelligence hit the mark”
Ep1
Oed to T
“not for you, old man. You’ve lost your power, stone -blind, stone-deaf-senses, eyes blind as stone”
Ep1
T to Oed
“truth with all its power lives inside me”
Ep1
T to Oed
“Truth is only pain to him who sees!”
Ep1
Oed to T (quick change of emotions)
“my lord” + “savior” to “Scum of the earth” + “I charge you… speak to no-one…you are the curse, the corruption of the land.”
Ep1
Oed
“to force the gods to act against their own will- no man has the power”
Ep1
clarifies this h/w acts against it with hubris + challenges T with fate of himself // Knowing full well that gods contain all power, Oed’s efforts to oppose his prophecy = hubristic + challenges gods + truth telling
