Caused Jocasta To Abandon Her Infant Son In King Oedipus The King

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Extra Credit Assignment 1. When the play opens, what is happening in the kingdom? Why have the people come to the palace? Play opens in front of Oedipus palace at Thebes. At that time people of kingdom were in very bad condition. They were sick, weak and eventually dying and suffering from plague which effect the whole kingdom badly. The people of the Thebes gather outside the royal palace, they hope that king Oedipus will find a way to end this plague. 2. What did Oedipus do, years ago, to win the kingdom of Thebes? Year ago on the way to the Thebes Oedipus rex meet Laius his real father unware of each other identities, Where they argue with each other. In this argument Oedipus rex kill his father and then he solve mysterious riddle of sphinx. …show more content…

Who does Tiresias accuse of killing Laius? Blind prophet Tiresias accuse the king Oedipus himself a killer of king Laius. 4. What was the prophecy that caused Jocasta to abandon her infant son in the wilderness? The prophecy that caused Jocasta to abandon her infant son is that Oedipus (her child) will kill his own father and after that he will marry his mother. 5. How did that baby survive? The baby was a child of Laius and Jocasta. Jocasta gave it to messenger and instead of killing the baby, messenger gave it to another messenger who was formally a shepherd, and after that shepherd who was very kind gave him to the king Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth for adoption and hence the baby survive. 6. Did Oedipus know, as a child, that the king and queen of Corinth were not his real parents? As a child Oedipus didn’t know that king and queen of Corinth were not his real parents. 7. Why did he leave Corinth? Oedipus leave the Corinth because he was afraid of what the oracle said, that he will kill his own father and will marry his mother. But Oedipus doesn’t know that king and queen of Corinth are not his biological parents. For not the prophecy being fulfilled , he left

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