Quaestiones:
1. Tiresias is not very explicit for revealing Oedipus's guilt beyond the "you don't want to know" and "you'll regret it" statements. And it should be blamed on Oedipus's stupidity due to his pride that it takes so long for him to recognize his guilt and admit it.
3. I partially agree. Oedipus's ignorance does play a part in his punishment, but it can also be charged to his curiosity. So many people warned him to leave it alobe and he didn't listen. This fact also plays a part in determining his punishment.
5. Jocasta is an individual with distinctive traits of personality. When she talks to Oedipus she gives him needed advice-like a mother- yet becomes so secretive when it came to the "pass along baby" part of the play.
6. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something th character doesn't that will be their downfall. An instance of this could be how Oedipus accused Creon of conspiracy. This scene shows that fate was not the only factor for his punishment.
7. This is a disadvantage because it reduces pathos for the play.
8. Oedipus figures that he was blind to everything before, why not make it true? And also because he thought it was the best way to escape the pain. Maybe the use of Jocasta's clothing pin to blind himself is his way of saying that Jocasta caused his death the most.
9. Woe really is him now and he might be better off dead.
11. The gods I think were just. The people of Thebes came to him like he was on the same level as them and Jocasta was all like "forget the gods" and stuff.
12. No; the people of Thebes have been rid of their plight.
A noticable theme is that the truth will not always set you free in a positice,way.
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