1) What kind of a person does Oedipus seem to be in the first scene?

Oedipus is firstly a moral and sympathetic character. Oedipus is a respected character for many reasons. He is noble and brave. He earns respect at Thebes for solving the riddle of the Sphinx and freeing the city.

Explanation:

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Explanation:

Oedipus is overconfident at the start of Oedipus the King, and with good cause. He has almost single-handedly saved Thebes from the Sphinx's curse and ascended to the throne. Oedipus demonstrates his arrogance by being hasty, jumping to conclusions, and refusing to listen.

These traits make Oedipus the King a great king who anticipates his subjects' needs, as we witness at the beginning of the play. When the inhabitants of Thebes ask him to intervene in the epidemic, for example, Oedipus is one step ahead of them, having previously dispatched Creon to Delphi's oracle for counsel. But, as we'll discover later, Oedipus's proclivity for responding quickly has a dark side. When Oedipus relates the account of murdering a group of travellers who tried to push him off a three-way crossroads, he demonstrates his willingness to act rashly.

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.