Oedipus the King Modern Scholarship

Knox

• The hero is thus the destroyer
• Man’s determination to find the truth
• Oedipus in the play is a free agent, and is responsible for the catastrophe
• Oedipus is clearly a man of action 
• A heroic example of man’s dedication to search for truth
• [the chorus] identify prophecy with the very existence of the gods
• Dedicated to the needs of the city
• Jocasta argues that no human has true prophetic skill

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