Theban Plays

What is the difference in the relationships between Oedipus and his daughters and Oedipus and his sons?

• He trusts his sons but has lost trust with his daughters when they betrayed him

• He trusts his daughters but has lost trust with his sons when they betrayed him

• He trusts both his sons and his daughters

• He doesn't trust either

What is Oedipus’ blindness a symbol of?

• he doesn't trust people

• hes blind

• needs glasses

• Weakness and the trust he puts into his daughters

What was the curse that Oedipus laid upon his sons?

• They will die at each others hand

• They will live forever

• They will never find love

• They will be blind

What city does Oedipus end up dying in?

• Athens

• Yorkville

• Colonus

• Chicago

What is one major idea that keeps popping up throughout this play?

• Fate

• Trust

• Love

• Blindness

When does Oedipus at Colonus take place?

• before the battle

• after the battle

• Before he was exiled from Thebes

• Years after he was exiled from Thebes in Oedipus the King.

What god is in charge of the forbidden grounds?

• Eumenides, the goddess of fate.

• Ashley, the goddess of love.

• Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war

• Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty

What news does Ismene bring Oedipus?

• That Eteocles, Oedipus' older son, overthrew Polynices, his younger son.

• His daughter died

• That Eteocles, Oedipus' younger son, overthrew Polynices, his older son.

• His wife is captured

Polynices was praying to what god?

• Apollo

• Athena

• oedipus

• Poseidon and wants to speak with Oedipus

What does Polynices ask of his sisters (Antigone and Ismene)?

• if he could be in the battle

• He asks for a proper burial if he is killed in battle

• for their trust

• for food