Oedipus The King

Revision Cards about the context, literary techniques and plot of Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King'

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E S L K I F V P K U S D U R Q U P D R S V
O H R N E U Q S T Q S B O L H S A E E T X
V O Y C J X X G O D F W P L C E D N X J G
T U U G D F R J V S H M V D D A E C M B P
X T U C J K C Y M V A R N U R M L D M L D
K I V X K E E I Y I Q A O T S W O R T X Q
H N D B O Q W K I O H Y S I W M O A H E S
H G N N G F F C L S T I D A A N K M E M S
J I Q X G N R U I N H N I K W E H A S J N
A N F V K L E H A R A H R H K R I T H Q U
P P T N B U H W O E T P T I U D M I E S G
K U D C Q C I F N Y L U O V F L I C P A W
I B F B U M D O M J I M C E A I N I H I K
J L Y O B E G O N T H F G L M H T R E U J
J I T D B I H E E D C G D X S C H O R N A
H C A I T C O F X M T I M V S Y E N D M R
H B R N Y J C H S V B N H C O M E Y D D L
L B A T P A L S H C K V E R B H Y A I U W
H N S R N D C J G W T L R N R O E T T M L
Y E J C P J O H S K X M N U O X S O J L X
Y V D X E I U V D U N Q K J F F C K J A C

Clues

  • "He didn't flinch at murder, he'll never flinch at words" - This is an example of what literary technique? (8, 5)
  • How does Oedipus sment this promise with Creon? (5, 3, 4)
  • Instead of following the laws of Physis, Oedipus accuses Tiresias of being what? (6, 3, 3, 5)
  • This scene is a good example of what Greek literary technique? (12)
  • What does he tell Jocasta to do? (4, 3, 2, 3, 4)
  • What does Jocasta tell off Oedipus and Creon for doing? (8, 2, 6)
  • What extreme action does Oedipus want to inflinct upon Creon? (1, 4, 3, 4)
  • What is Oedipus' first line? (2, 2, 8)
  • Who does he go to for this to be confirmed? (3, 8)
  • Whose sobbing does Oedipus hear? (8, 3, 7)

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