Blog Entry One ~ Introduction

Oedipus the King by Sophocles is set in the royal house of Thebes.  It follows the unities of its time. It takes place on one day, in one location, and there is only one main plot.  Oedipus is the king of Thebes because he solved the riddle of the Sphinx and saved the land. The former king, Laius, had been murdered. When Oedipus became king he married Jocasta, the former king’s wife. Through events in the play Oedipus finds out that Laius was his father and Jocasta is his mother. He gouges his eyes out and is exiled from Thebes.

Sophocles. “Oedipus the King.” Trans. Robert Fagles. The Wadsworth Anthology of Drama. 4^th ed. Ed. W. B. Worthen. Austrailia: Wadsworth, 2004 43-62

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