- What happens to the kingdom when Oedipus is exiled and Creon takes over? ---I wondered about this question because I wondered if Creon wanted to take over a kingdom at some point.
- What becomes of Oedipus's children once both of their parents are killed?---Thanks to some fellow bloggers, I think that part of this question can be answered by reading a play called Antigone.
- Does the plague stop when Oedipus is exiled just like it was supposed to?---I truly believe that it does. I was just pondering what if it did not? That would be horrible.
- How to the people react to Oedipus being the killer?---Maybe they were frightened and just wanted him out of the kingdom. I would have been scared to learn that my king was a murderer!
- Do the children of Oedipus and his mother have any handicaps that can come from a marriage like that?---This one may also be answered through a play. I was not sure if disease and such occurred from marriages like this during that time.
- Does fate really mean you have no choice over what happens?---This is a matter of opinion. I believe it does not have control over what happens to me!
- Were the people not mortified to see Oedipus when he scratched out his eyeballs with the pens?---Uhhhh! This makes me want to throw up. It seems morbid and gross. Especially to see it happen in front of your own eyes.
- Why would Oedipus marry someone who was old enough to be his mother anyway?---I can see that he may have wanted to work his way to the top rather quickly, but I just do not see why he would marry someone so old. Unless he cared more about getting on top than he did about true love.
- Where does the writer get an idea for such a crazy story?---This one is a tough one. I have a large imagination, but I don't think that I could come up with something so twisted.
- How many incidents of Oedipal Complex occur today?---I have never heard of a case of it. It seems strange, but I know that it really does happen!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Questions Concerning Oedipus??
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I would like to know if the city ever did overcome the plague like how the prophets suggested. I read into a little bit of "Antigone," one of the other plays of the trilogy and since Creon takes over the city, he and the whole town basically looks down on Antigone and Ismene, children of Oedipus and Jocasta.
ReplyDeleteI also wonder if Oedipus and Jocasta's children had any illness or birth defects due to the close genes they had. I guess genetics wasn't discovered back then so they wouldn't know to link the close genes to birth defects, if there were any.
This story is so extremely unique, I, too, wonder where Sophocheles got his ideas from.
Leah, where are your answers? Don't you have any?
ReplyDeleteThey're great questions...just wondering if you have any answers to go with them...or at least comments about why you chose those questions....have those questions....
ReplyDeleteYes mam! I am doing it as a work in progress~ I posted it before it was completely finished:) I do have some explanations as to why i asked these specific questions. As far as answers, I do not have concrete ones...
ReplyDeleteWow! Those are some really good questions to ponder. These questions are so inviting I think I just might try to find the answers to the ones that are tempting me to find out.
ReplyDeleteLeah,
ReplyDeleteloved your questions!lol. Let me help you out with number 2: Antigone is a play about Oedipus' daughter. And regarding number 8, Oedipus was a prince and left that life because of the prophecy, but that doesn't neccesarily mean that he didn't miss the royal and luxurious life. What better way to climb up the ladder and indulge in the power and luxury again than to marry a queen?, no matter how old she is.
Great job!
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