OEDIPUS REX QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Both of them are accusing each other of plotting against each other; which is a heated debate which
is what stichomythia is used for ANSW✅✅Why is stichomythia used in a dialogue with Creon and
Oedipus?
Oedipus realizes he killed Laius at the crossroads ANSW✅✅What realization does Oedipus have
as he listens to Jocasta tell the story of how her husband was killed?
-Wants to avoid prophecy of killing his father who he thinks is Phocis's King but is actually Laius
ANSW✅✅Why did Oedipus leave the town of Phocis where he grew up? Why did he decide never
to return to it?
-Let it be mine to keep the purity of the laws of the gods; pride is a germ for kings because it passes
from generation to generation. Pride becomes a bigger thing for kings
-Aristotle fall of elevated person (effect of drama)
-on him let a bad death come; why are we here
-Chorus to Audience:
Don't be full of pride and don't think you can do what you want without consequences
ANSW✅✅What is the message of the Chorus's song?
-Oedipus thinks his dad died of natural causes
-Jocasta:
Don't worry about sleeping with your mom, most boys want to sleep with their mother by killing
their dad they don't have to split the attention for their mother
-Sigmund Freud's Oedipus Complex ANSW✅✅What news makes Oedipus hopeful that the oracle
should not be regarded as the truth?
-Conversation is important to the plot
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Both of them are accusing each other of plotting against each other; which is a heated debate which
is what stichomythia is used for ANSW✅✅Why is stichomythia used in a dialogue with Creon and
Oedipus?
Oedipus realizes he killed Laius at the crossroads ANSW✅✅What realization does Oedipus have
as he listens to Jocasta tell the story of how her husband was killed?
-Wants to avoid prophecy of killing his father who he thinks is Phocis's King but is actually Laius
ANSW✅✅Why did Oedipus leave the town of Phocis where he grew up? Why did he decide never
to return to it?
-Let it be mine to keep the purity of the laws of the gods; pride is a germ for kings because it passes
from generation to generation. Pride becomes a bigger thing for kings
-Aristotle fall of elevated person (effect of drama)
-on him let a bad death come; why are we here
-Chorus to Audience:
Don't be full of pride and don't think you can do what you want without consequences
ANSW✅✅What is the message of the Chorus's song?
-Oedipus thinks his dad died of natural causes
-Jocasta:
Don't worry about sleeping with your mom, most boys want to sleep with their mother by killing
their dad they don't have to split the attention for their mother
-Sigmund Freud's Oedipus Complex ANSW✅✅What news makes Oedipus hopeful that the oracle
should not be regarded as the truth?
-Conversation is important to the plot
