Oedipus Quotations - Flashcard 3

Front

Who does Oedipus direct this criticism to? "You see what comes of your good intentions now? And all because you tried to blunt my anger."

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Chorus

Front

Who says "Nothing human can penetrate the future"?

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Jocasta

Front

Complete the quote: "I think I’ve just called down a dreadful curse/upon myself – I ______________"

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simply didn't know

Front

Oedipus says: "This thing kept gnawing at me". What is he talking about?

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the feeling that Polybus might not be his father

Front

What word is missing from this quote? "_______, always _______/toward some place where I would never see/the shame"

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running

Front

This is an example of Oedipus claiming what? "no one but I/ brought down these piling curses on myself!"

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agency

Front

Who says "Let me slip from the world of men, vanish without a trace before I see myself stained with such corruption, stained to the heart."

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Oedipus

Front

Who says: "So much for the prophecy. It’s neither here not there"

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Jocasta

Front

Who says: "Great laws tower above us"

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Chorus

Front

What word is missing from this line by the Chorus: "_____ breeds the tyrant/violent _____."

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pride