oedipus

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    In "Oedipus Rex," discuss the contrast between Oedipus's and Creons attitudes...

    In "Oedipus Rex," discuss the contrast between Oedipus's and Creons attitudes... ...toward the people? If you can answer this that'd be awesome...Don't have the textbook with the story in it.
  2. R

    Oedipus Hero or No Question.?

    Hey, I'm doing an essay for Oedipus Rex in Sophocles' play. The question is "Is Oedipus a hero or not?" I chose that he is a hero, and I need 3 reasons for my body paragraphs with 2 details about it. I already got 2 reasons with 2 details, I just need 1 more. I got that he is a hero because he...
  3. B

    Need help finding articles about Oedipus the King?

    I'm having trouble finding academic articles about Oedipus the King regarding the context of the play (the historical period, popular practices, etc.) and the production of the play. Any help would be fantastic. Thanks
  4. L

    need help with oedipus?

    what does jocasta mean in this quote? "Fear? What should man fear? It's all chance, chance rules our lives. Not a man on earth can see a day ahead, groping through the dark". Thanks guys
  5. N

    what was the riddle of the sphinx in Oedipus Rex?

    BONUS:what was the plague of the people of thebes??
  6. E

    Interesting topic for a research paper involving Oedipus?

    For my english class (classical mythology), I need to write a term paper. I am thinking about topics, and I think I would like to write about Oedipus. I need some ideas for a good question or statement to write a 10 page paper about involving Oedipus and classical (greek or roman) mythology. thanks!
  7. H

    Oedipus Rex: How is # 1, 5, and 6 funny? I don't get it.?

    http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/o/oedipus_complex.asp Thank you!
  8. L

    What did Laius and Jocasta do to baby Oedipus to prevent him from fulfilling the

    prophecy? What did Laius and Jocasta do to baby Oedipus to prevent him from fulfilling the prophecy? A. They put him on ebay and sold him to someone in America. B. They pierced his Achilles tendon (in his heel) so he couldn't walk and had a shepherd leave him on a hillside. C. They smothered him.
  9. H

    novels or films dealing with the Oedipus complex?

    Im currently doing this school research,which requires me to read books where there are distorted maternal relationships,like the one in hitchcocks PSYCHO,(between norman bates and his mother)but then i couldnt really find any. I heard about this book book where the main character, who's in his...
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    Oedipus Maximus: The curious case of the YNH blog

    The blogger(s?) at You're Not Helping have tried, really tried, to help. But in such a ham-handed, erratic, uneven, capricious, ad hominem (in that, if you're PZ Myers you must be wrong) way, that they have polarized where they could have rallied, obfuscated where they could have clarified, and...
  11. C

    Explain the prophecies concerning oedipus and lauis?

    how do they overlap!?
  12. M

    In Oedipus the king, when the oracles prediction comes true does this make...

    ...Oedipus himself guilty? does the fact that the oracle has said that Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother absolve him of his guilt in doing so?
  13. K

    When was the Oedipus prophecy received?

    In the tale of Oedipus Rex (Tyrannous, the King) do we know if his mother Jocasta and father Laius received the prophecy while Jocasta was pregnant with Oedipus or after he was born? Thank you. :)
  14. J

    Oedipus Rex/Oedipus the King?

    Who is a hero in modern day literature that i can Compare/Contrast Oedipus' heroic cycle to? Please do not leave Harry Potter or any of the Twilight series because I want to be original with this project.
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