Fate

“the gods words” the power of words – Oedipus

“whose fate does apollo bring to light?”

“what will come will come” – Tiresias

“dreadful prophecy”

- “it is my fate”
- “ did you… find me by accident?”
“she was afraid- frightening prophecies”

Free will
“but to force the gods to act against their will – no man has the power.” Oedipus

- “it’s all chance, chance rules our lives.”- Jocasta

- “better to live at random, best we can”
- “live, Oedipus, as if there’s no tomorrow!”

Hubris
“the world knows my name”

“those who jump to conclusions may go wrong” – leader

Sight vs blindness
“whatever is sought for can be caught, you know, whatever is neglected slips away”- creon

“blind as you are, you can feel all the more what sickness haunts our city” – Oedipus

“to see the truth when the truth is only pain to him who sees!” – Tiresias

- “ not a man on earth can see a day ahead, groping through the dark” – Jocasta,
foreshadows Oedipus going blind

- “I must know it all, must see the truth at last”

Vengeance

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Finding out the truth
 “one thing could hold the key to it all, a small beginning give us grounds for hope”
 The sphinx said “Let the mystery go and concentrate on what lay at our feet”- creon
 “if you love ur own life, call off this search?”
 “I must know it all” – Oedipus
 “horrible truth”
 “the truth with all its power lives inside me”

Irony
“I will fight for him (Laius) as if he were my father” – Oedipus
“joy to the eyes”

Oedipus
“flight of my own intelligence hit the mark”
Metalanguage: “majestic”
“man of agony” – Jocasta calls Oedipus this

“you were born for pain”

“he saved him for this, this fate”

Hypocrite
“you criticise my temper… unaware of the one you live with, you revile me”

Hamartia
- “pride breeds the tyrant, violent pride, gorging, crammed to bursting with all that is
overripe and rich with ruin- clawing up to the heights, headlong pride crashes down
the abyss- sheer doom!”
Oedipus trying to match the gods, when people brought sticks to put on the gods alter, he
told them to take it off, and he’ll solve their problems.
- “cannot restrain himself from outrage” – chorus
- “you’re nothing to me”- Oedipus to the messenger
- “I have such fury in me” – Oedipus
- “I simply did not know” – Oedipus addresses his hamartia himself”
- “stubborn”

Ignorance
“my boy, its clear, you don’t know what you’re done”
- “your words are nothing”
Patriarchy

“ I respect you Jocasta, much more than these men over here” glances at the chorus –
Oedipus