Oedipus Rex Flashcards

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Creon to Oed

“hear me out, then judge me on the facts”

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Oed to T

The flight of my own intelligence hit the mark”

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Oed to T

“not for you, old man. You’ve lost your power, stone -blind, stone-deaf-senses, eyes blind as stone”

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T to Oed

“truth with all its power lives inside me”

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T to Oed

“Truth is only pain to him who sees!”

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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.”

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Oed

“to force the gods to act against their own will- no man has the power”

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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

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