Exile 3: After he accuses Creon of seeking his death and conspiring with Tiresias to dethrone him, the elders ask Oedipus to calm down and believe Creon, for they do not believe that Creon is a fool, and they believe his oath because nobody should cast off a friend as unworthy or doubt their word.
Oedipus says that when they seek support for Creon, they seek his death or exile from Thebes. This statement brings grief to the elders because they support and believe Oedipus. Exile 4: After her son is born, Jocasta has him exiled, as his fate was for him to kill his father and sleep with his mother.
Exile 5: When the servant who had witnessed the killing returned to Thebes, he asked to be exiled and asked Jocasta to "send him to the fields, the sheep pastures, so far he couldn't even lay eyes on Thebes. Exile 6: When asked about his fate, Apollo told Oedipus that there were terrible things in store for him.
Among these was the news that he was to mate with his own mother and kill his father. As a result, Oedipus decided to leave Corinth and live elsewhere, so that he would not see these oracles fulfilled. Exile 7: After all that has happened, Jocasta kills herself, and Oedipus blinds himself and asks to be exiled from Thebes so that he will not be seen by anyone. This fulfils Tiresias' prophesy. Browse all BookRags Book Notes. Copyrights Oedipus the King from BookRags.
All rights reserved. Toggle navigation. Sign Up. Creon orders the guards to take Antigone and Ismene away from Oedipus, and tells Oedipus that his power has ended. Everyone exits, and the Chorus comes onstage once more. Oedipus, greatest of men, has fallen, they say, and so all life is miserable, and only death can bring peace. These images of earth, soil, and plowing are used to suggest the metaphor of the sturdy plowman tilling the soil of the state, but they also suggest the image of the soil drinking the blood of the family members Oedipus has killed see in particular — SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook.
Themes Motifs Symbols. Summary Oedipus the King, lines — Page 1 Page 2. Summary The Chorus enters and cries that even Oedipus, greatest of men, was brought low by destiny, for he unknowingly murdered his father and married his mother. Previous section Oedipus the King, lines — Next page Oedipus the King, lines — page 2.
Popular pages: The Oedipus Plays. Take a Study Break. Here we go. The Chorus is the voice of Athens; they recognize immediately that Oedipus must not be from around here because of the way he acts. Anyone who's anyone from Athens wouldn't be caught dead—or alive—in the grove.
As soon as the Chorus figures out that Oedipus is the Oedipus, the one who married his mother and killed his father, they are ready to exile him just like everyone else. This is because they are afraid that his presence will cause calamity for Athens, like it did for Thebes. Oedipus is an exile, which means that his entourage is, too. He describes his poor daughter, Antigone, revealing more details about the exile life. Being homeless, or exiled, means having no protection: no shoes, no roof, and no protective clothes.
It basically sucks, but Antigone chooses exile in an attempt to provide her father with a little comfort. Someone's on track to being daughter of the year. Oedipus recalls that traumatic moment when his son drove him out of Thebes. His son, the one who kicked him out in the first place, is now being exiled by his younger brother.
Can't we all just get along? See the relationship between family and home here? So exile is, for him, a major uprooting. He has lost everything that makes him who he is.
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