Oedipus Rex
Written Assignment: Oedipus
You will write an account of the hero, or heroes, in question. Begin with a brief description of the character’s, or characters’, parents. Next, provide an account of their childhood up to adolescence. Afterwards, you must describe the major mythological events – what heroic adventures did they have? What were the sources of conflict in their lives? Proceed from here, describing the major events of the character’s, or characters’, lives, up to their death(s). Note that you absolutely must provide evidence from the texts: you must show not only that you have understood the narrative, but that you have drawn it properly from what was written. This means giving specific, quoted citations as evidence for an event. Note also that genealogy does not require citation, in this assignment. You are required to use only the following primary sources: Oedipus Rex, and Oedipus at Colonus, both by the Athenian tragedian Sophocles.
In the second part of the assignment, you will be required to write a brief comparison of how this myth relates to myth of Hercules or Theseus. What events, or details, are shared between these heroes, or the gods, in the other stories? There are always parallels and similarities; cite passages to show where they are, and how they occur.
Please be advised that “Oedipus Tyrannos”, “Oedipus Rex”, and “Oedipus the King” are all simply variant titles for the same play. If your chosen text displays a different title, but still deals with the exile of Oedipus and the death of Jocasta, you are reading the right work
Note that, for this assignment, you need only include the editions of the Oedipus plays, or the Thebaid, in your bibliography at the end. Place quotations from the primary sources in footnotes.
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