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1. The events of this play need to be placed in context of the backstory, with which the Greek audience would have been familiar. What prophecy, made at his birth, led to Oedipus being sent into exile as an infant?
2. When Oedipus consults the Delphic oracle about his parents, he is told that he will kill his father and marry his mother. Believing that this refers to Polybus and Merope, he leaves Corinth and travels to which city?
3. What trouble is afflicting Thebes at the start of the play?
4. How does the oracle tell the Thebans they need to do to alleviate their distress?
5. What is the name of the blind prophet who tells Oedipus that he himself is the man he seeks?
6. In Scene II, Jocasta attempts to comfort Oedipus by telling him that the prophets aren't always right. She then recounts the 'failed' prophecy that Laius had received, and how his actual death happened. What detail of her story upsets Oedipus?
7. In Scene III, Oedipus receives what news that gives him a temporary sense of relief?
8. How does Jocasta react when she realises that she has indeed married her own son?
9. How does Oedipus react when he discovers Jocasta?
10. At the close of the play, Oedipus asks Creon to take care of Antigone and Ismene. Who are these two?
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