Oedipus Rex

Part I
1.

• Oedipus was always one step ahead of everyone else.
• His poeple look uup to him because in the past he solved a riddle that saved them
• This was the riddle of the sphinx the answer being "man".
• Somehow Oedius represents Mathematics and Medicine
• Oedipus also represents the transaction from savager civilization.

2. Before I start reading the story, i can say that it will be a suprise to everyone will be surprise to everone when it is revealed.
Part II- The Prologue

1. pp.964 line 135, p. 966 line 5
2. The external conflict evoking pathosfor Oedipus and from tbe audience is that Oedipus kill his own father and married his mother.
3. The affect that imagery has on the audience is that the audience feel sorry for the people of the land because of its unhealthy living conditions
4. The motifs present are death, suffering, murder, and sickness.
5. The chorus is asking God to save them and rid them of their enemies.
   

part III- Scene 1

1. pg. line, pg. line
2. The external conflict is that Tiresias accused Oedipus of murdering Laos.
3. Where Tiresias tells Oedipus never to speak to him of the men again, and that Oedipus is the pollution of the country, Oedipus's reaction displays Hubris. Also, when he is talkinf about whatever the murderer is they shall be punished no matter what he's very prideful.
4. When Tiresias tells Oedipus that he is the pollutin to the country, because the audience knows this to be true, but Oedipus doesn't.
5. An example of a paradox in the story is that at first Oedipus though it was absurd then when he actually heard the the true story about what happened he realized that he could be the true killer.