Why didn’t the shepherd kill the baby? He had pitied the baby and hoped the old man would take him away to his own country. She goes to her bedchamber where she weeps on the bed over the death of Laius, the prophecy being true, and her marriage to Oedipus.

The correct answer is the second one – You pray. But if you listen now to me, you’ll get your wish. He is saying here that his actions will bring people better results than if they pray to the gods. He thinks he is more powerful than the gods, and that therefore he should be followed and praised, and not them.

Explanation: The lines from “Oedipus the King”, by Sophocles, that support the inference that Creon doesn’t trust Oedipus are What are you so keen to get from me? Oedipus has already killed his father and is asking Creon for help to leave Thebes. Creon is suspicious about what Oedipus’s intentions really are.

According to the ode sung after the Oedipus-Teiresias episode In Oedipus the King Part 1, what does the chorus believe will eventually happen in Thebes? They believe that Apollo will eventually reveal the murderer.

What can we infer about Oedipus’s attitude based on the ecerpt above? He feels like he doesn’t deserve Creon’s help.

The messenger brings the news that Polubus is dead and Oedipus will be the new king. Oedipus still fears that he will marry his mother like the oracle said.

Oedipus of course wants to be a great king, and he feels scared that his duties as a king are failing because he cannot stop the plague of Thebes until he exiles the killer. This anger comes from the fear of the known. Another example where he acts out of panic is when he leaves Cornith, trying to escape the prophecy.

Brief Summary One day, Oedipus goes to the Oracle of Delphi to find out who his real parents are. The Oracle doesn’t see fit to tell him this, but she does tell him that he’s destined to kill his father and sleep with his mother. Oedipus tries to run from this fate, but ends up running right into it.

Oedipus acknowledges that his hubris has left him blind to the truth and is too ashamed of himself to witness the citizens’ reactions. Overall, Oedipus chooses stab out his eyes as a way of punishing himself for his hubris and ignorance.

What reasons did Jocasta give for not having faith in the prophecy? She knew her baby was killed. In terms of their approach to destiny, what do Jocasta and Oedipus have in common? They both tried to outsmart the gods and escape their destiny and both thought they did.