Oedipus Rex
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- Oedipus Rex
- Exposition
- Rising Action
- The T-Rex - OedipusGiant Sloth - CreonRoyal Elephant - Jocasta Turtle - Citizen
- Climax
- The ruler of Thebes, Oedipus, was struggling to control a sickness that plagued his city. The plague that corroded the city seemed to have no origin and no cure. With the situation getting worse, Oedipus decided to send a messenger to contact the oracle to determine the problem.
- Falling Action
- Oedipus sent Creon to retrieve information about the plague. Creon returns with the information that the plague was brought upon Thebes due to the ruthful killing of the previous king. Creon announces this to the citizens but doesn't finish his statement, proposing they should discuss it in private. Creon eventually tells the citizens in public, this reveals that Oedipus killed the king. It is revealed that there was a prophecy where he murders his father and marries his mother.
- Resolution
- After Creon's announcement, Oedipus returns to his castle to ponder on what has been stated by the oracle. As he realizes his fate, his mother/wife remembers the fate she was told when he was born. Oedipus's wife/mother begins to flee from Oedipus.
- After figuring out that Oedipus was her son, Jocasta ran off into her room. locking herself in. After recognizing that the fate of her son became true, Jocasta, Oedipus's mother/wife, hanged herself. Oedipus, enraged at his wife for running away, barged into her room. Upon the sight of his wife hanging, he cut his eyes out believing that it would fix the horrible sights he had seen.
- Since the person who killed the king, Oedipus, caused the plague. They were sentenced to roam the surrounding lands and never return. Since Oedipus unrightfully took the throne, his brother Creon took his place.
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