Oedipus the King

Question 1

“Oedpius’ tragic end is not his fault”

Answer 1

Opina

Question 2

“the power of fate cannot be overcome by will- even the will of a king”

Answer 2

Higgins

Question 3

“Man has no free will but is a puppet in the ways of the gods”

Answer 3

Dodds

Question 4

“If the play has a single moral, it would seem to be… The validity of oracles”

Answer 4

Scodel

Question 5

“Oedipus tyranny is not violent”

Answer 5

Saxonhouse

Question 6

Violence in Oedipus is “more phycological than physical”

Answer 6

Hall

Question 7

“Oedipus is ignorant but determined to know, whereas Tiresias knows the truth but is determined to suppress it”

Answer 7

Garvie

Question 8

“Oedipus is his own destroyer”

Answer 8

Fagles

Question 9

Oedpius’ actions and fate is “more nauseating and disturbing than pitiful and pathetic”

Answer 9

Raeburn

Question 10

“It seems that both fate and Oedpius’ own character are responsible for his fall”

Answer 10

Garvie

Question 11

“in this play, sophoclean irony is more prominant than in any other”

Answer 11

Garvie