Tuesday, September 22, 2009

King Oedipus

Creon comes and tells Oedipus that there was a leader before Oedipus and his name was Laius. He says that Laius had a horrible death and that only one person survived. They were attacked by robbers.
Oedipus became the leader because he solved the riddle.
Oedipus says that if you did it come forward and you will just be banished. and if you know who it was and come forward you will get a reward.
Nobody admitted to killing him.
Teiresias comes in and tells them that he is the cursed polluter of this land. She says how he is to go blind. he was born killed his father married his mother and fathered his own syblings.
It goes on and he finds out that his mother hurt his ankles and left him for dead. A shepherd came along and found him and gave him to the messenger to care for.
The shepherd comes and tells the story.
Oedipus relizes that it was he who killed his father and married his mother.
Teiresias hangs herself because she relizes what she has done.
Oedipus then takes a brooch and stabs himself in the eyes so he can never see again.
and lastly he is led away because he banished himself before he knew his story.

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