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Oedipus Characters
Characters from Sophocles' Oedipus the King
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English
11th Grade
12/14/2011

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Jocasta
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hanged self once the truth is revealed, thought life was controlled by Chance
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Oedipus
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King of Thebes killed father and married his mother, solved the riddle of the Sphinx, runs from Fate only to run into it
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Laius
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killed at the place where three roads meet, tries to avoid Fate by killing his son
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Chorus
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acts as characters in play, divides the action in the play, provide commentary
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Creon
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Oedipus' brother in law, accused of conspiring with Tiresias to take power
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Tiresias
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Blind prophet, first to reveal the truth about Oedipus
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Shepherd from Thebes
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Servant of Laius who gives Oedipus to Messenger and witness to death of Laius
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Messenger from Corinth
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gave Oedipus to Polybus, told Oedipus that Polybus was not his biological father
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Apollo
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god of Delphi who has sent the plague upon the city of Thebes
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Polybus and Meropes
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King and queen of Corinth who had taken Oedipus as their own
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