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Oedipus Rex 人社 97 9353008 張琨林.  Sophocles 496B.C. – 406 B.C. Greek tragedian 7 tragedies survived The Theban Cycle (Theban plays): Antigone, Oedipus.

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1 Oedipus Rex 人社 97 9353008 張琨林

2  Sophocles 496B.C. – 406 B.C. Greek tragedian 7 tragedies survived The Theban Cycle (Theban plays): Antigone, Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), Oedipus at Colonus

3 Oedipus Rex  Characters Oedipus swollen-foot Iocaste (Jocasta) Teiresias (Tiresias) Creon Shepherd of Laios Messenger from Corinth Second Messenger Laios (Laius)

4  Plot Prologue Oedipus, Creon Scene 1 Oedipus, Teiresias Scene 2 Oedipus, Creon Oedipus, Iocaste

5 Scene 3 Iocaste, Messenger from Corinth, Oedipus Scene 4 Oedipus, Shepherd of Laios Second Messenger Oedipus, Creon

6 Fate and Free Will Prophecies of Creon, Teiresias, Oedipus & Iocaste Oedipus’s Free Will Prophecies do come true. fatalism

7 Source: SparkNotes: The Oedipus Plays http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/oedipus/index.html Wikipedia, Oedipus the King http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_the_King

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