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Quote from priest about god-like faith in Oedipus before his demise.
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Oedpus Quotes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oedipus quote about desperation in thebes | Oh my children, the new blood of ancient Thebes why are you here? Huddling at my alter |
| Quote from priest about god-like faith in Oedipus before his demise. | Oh Oedipus, King of our land, our greatest power...Act now - we beg you, best of men, raise up our city" |
| Oedipus - anger and mistrust quote | Creon! Is this a conspiracy of yours? |
| Jocasta - trying to protect Oedipus =love | I want the best for you! |
| Oedipus - anger and misery - hatred at the way his life as panned out | Die, die...whoever cut my ankles free of the ruthless pins" |
| Oedipus - misery and explanation of situation | Now, loathed by the Gods, son of the mother I defiled coupling in my fathers bed |
| Oedipus - misery and isolation - reversal of original pride | What grief can crown this grief? It's mine alone, my destiny - I am Oedipus! |
| Creon - doesn't understand Oedipus's choice | Better to die than be alive and blind |
| Oedipus - relative equality of women | I respect you Jocasta, much more than these men here |
| Creon - fear, Oedipus's anger and accusation of Creon | My sister, it's dreadful...he's bent on a choice of punishment for me, banishment from the fatherland or death |
| Oedipus - care for children, selflessness | my poor helpless girls...take care of them I beg you |
| Oedipus - self hatred and expressing devastation at his actions | One murderous breed...the blackest things a man can do, I have done them all |
| Oedipus- after demise, violent verbs and loss of identity | Where does all this agony hurl me? Where's my voice |
| Oedipus - fate (unstoppable force of nature) how his life has changed | Swept away on a dark tide - my destiny, my dark power, what a leap you made |
| Oedipus - ironic condemning self though he doesn't know it - dramatic irony | he is the plague, the heart of our corruption |
| Oedipus - self hatred - change from comparison of self to gods at start | you would consult the gods about a man like me? |
| Chorus- misery of life - tragedy of human nature | count no man happy till he dies, free of pain at last |
| Chorus | child of golden hope, warm voice that never dies |
| Priest - metaphor describing devastation in Thebes | the red waves of death |
| Tiresius - foreshadowing Oedipus's blindness | the truth is only pain to him who sees |
| Leader - plot signpost signalling Jocasta's suicide | I am afraid that from this silence something monstrous may come bursting forth |
| Chorus - Oedipus's emotions after demise | Oedipus, man of misery |
| Oedipus - over confident, ironic considering later circumstances | you pray to the gods, let me grant your prayers |
| Chorus - describing devastation in thebes -caused my Oedipus - justifies his demise? | deaths, so many deaths, deaths on deaths, no end |
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