Elect Third Episode Questions
1. Why does Oedipus react so strongly to Jokasta's "proof” that the oracle is in error?
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2. What is ironic about Jokasta's description of Laios?
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3. On page 2, Jokasta in answer to Oedipus' questions says that the servant who escaped
(when Laios was killed) "begged me to send him to the country." What does the
audience know that Jokasta and Oedipus don't know?
4. Oedipus' speech on pages 2-3 gives the audience a synopsis of his quest. How had he
first heard the rumor that he was a foundling?
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What was his reply of his adopted parents?
Determined to find the truth, where did Oedipus go next?
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And what did the oracle prophesy?
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And how did Oedipus attempt to avoid his destiny?
5. Some scholars believe that Oedipus' fatal flaw was his temper. How does his speech on
pages 2-3 endorse this idea?
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6. What is the one inconsistency between the servant said and what Oedipus knows?
7. THIRD CHORUS. In this section the chorus gives a litany of values cherished by the
Greeks. List as many of these values as you can find.
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