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  • What is the state of Thebes as the play begins?

  • Oedipus Rex

    Prologue (pg. 46-67):

      • What does the priest want of Oedipus?

      • Why does the priest think that Oedipus is better able to help Thebes than any other individual?

      • What is Oedipus' reaction to the words of the priest?

      • What did the Oracle at Delphi tell Kreon?

      • Who was Laios and what happened to him? Why is this important to Thebes at the time the play begins?

      • What is foreshadowing? How does it begin to show itself early in the play?

      • What is irony? How does it begin to show itself early in the play?

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