oedipus scholars Flashcards
1
Q
garvie
A
“It is not so much his crimes as his discovery of them that leads to his fall”
“Tiresias is physically blind, while Oedipus, the physically sighted, knows nothing”
“In this play Sophocleon irony is more prominent than in any other”
‘both fate and oedipus’ own character are responsible for his fall’
2
Q
struck
A
‘The audience fears for Oedipus because nothing he does can change the tragedies outcome’
3
Q
griffith
A
“Oedipus hubris was killing laius and thus deserved punishment, he killed Laius by free choice”
4
Q
seaford
A
‘no such thing as a tragic hero. the main characters of tragedy were tyrants’
5
Q
knox
A
jocasta ‘dismisses divine prophecy’
