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Oedipus Rex Quotes
Oedipus Rex Quotes
Mr. Jackson
3 November 2016
Oedipus Rex Quotes
1. The man is dead; and now, we are clearly bidden to bring to account certain his
a. This is an example of dramatic irony because the audience knows that Oedipus is
the one who killed his father Laius but Oedipus is not aware of this.
2. What matter thou wilt compass--either strange, or once again recurrent as the seasons
a. This quote is a metaphor comparing the strange situation of Laiuss death to the
3. If you suppose your arrogance weighs aught, apart from reason, you are much astray. -
Creon, pg. 20
4. Nay, the reproach, it may be came through stress of anger, than advisedly - I Senator,
pg. 19
Oedipus being blind to the evidence pointing to him, and not Tiresias being blind.
6. I shall dispel this plague spot; for the man, whoever it may be, who murdered him,
a. Dramatic irony, since Oedipus is calling for the death of the man that killed the
7. Nay it cannot be that having such a clue I should refuse to solve the mystery of my
a. This is an example of dramatic irony because the clue that he has points to him
8. "O prophecies of the gods, where are you now? Polybus was the man Oedipus feared he
might killand so avoided him all this time. And now he's deada natural death, and
ended up not coming true, but she is about to find out that it was true.
9. He was tall; the first white flowers had blossomed in his hair; his figure was not much
a. This is an example of dramatic irony because we know that Oedipus is the son
10. ...if you can catch me in a lie, then come and say that I am no true seer. - Tiresias, pg.
17
a. This is an example of foreshadowing because Tiresias will not be caught in a lie,
a. This is an example of dramatic irony because we know that Creon honestly does
2. To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away. - Creon, pg. 22
3. I say that you are Laius murderer -- He whom you speak. - Tiresius, pg. 14
close-minded and in denial. He does not have any concerns about the murderer