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Character Description:
1. Oedipus- Son to Jocasta and Laius; wife to Jocasta; father/half brother to Antigone and Ismene. He murdered Laius, not knowing it was his father. He also blinded himself.
2. Creon- Brother of Jocasta; brother and law to Laius and Oedipus. He is accused by Oedipus of conspiring to take over his throne.
3. Jocasta- previously wife to Laius; current wife and mother to Oedipus; mother also to Antigone and Ismene. She hung herself in her bed chamber after realizing that she is Oedipus's mother.
4. Teiresias- He is a blind prophet who informs Oedipus that he is the slayer of Laius.
5. Antigone- daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta
6. Ismene- daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta
7. Laius- father of Oedipus; wife to Jocasta. He is murdered by Oedipus because of the prophecy told to him by Apollo.
8. Polybus- Oedipus's adopted father, who died by natural causes; which lead Oedipus to find out that he was not his real father.
9. Merope- Oedipus's adopted mother. More?

Story Comprehension:
10. That Oedipus would kill his father, Laius, and marry his mother, Jocasta.
11. He gave it to the Shepard to go leave it on a mountain to die.
12. The Shepard gave it to an old man, who gave it to Polybus, Oedipus's adopted father.
13. The Shepard told him he came from Thebes.
14. He went to Delphi to find out if Polybus and Merope were his real parents. Apollo didn't give him a straight answer, but told him that he was to slay his father and marry his mother.
15. About six people escorted Laius, including servants and a herald.
16. Oedipus was overcome by rage and killed Laius and all the people with him. (better answer anyone?)
17. A plague broke out into the city, so they payed more attention to the sickness of the people then the murder of their previous king Laius.
18. There was a plague becuase the killer of the former king, Laius, was still alive and living in the city.
19. He thought he was involved in the murder because then he would be protecting himself by not telling anyone the killer's name, even though he knew who it was.
20. Tieresias tells Oedipus he will end up blind.
21. He thought that he told the _____ (name?!) to make him believe that he was the killer of Laius. He thought Creon was trying to take over the throne.
22. She doesn't believe the prophecy because she sent the her son as a baby to be killed so that he could not hurt them, therefore Laius could not have been killed by his son, because she though her son was dead.
23. She left for her room in a rush, and hung herself.
24. He was supposed to be left on Mt Cithaeron to die as a baby.

Cause/Effect- Identify the effect (outcome) of each cause
25. So he called for the witness to come to the palace and tell his story. Oedipus hoped that he would give information about how many people were with Laius when he was killed, because then he would know if he truly killed Laius.
26. He told Creon to get Teiresias to come to the palace and tell him who Laius's killer was. When he did come, he told Oedipus that he was the killer of Laius, then Oedipus blamed Creon for telling Teiresias to say that so he could take over the throne.
27. Creon was next in line for the throne, so Oedipus felt threatened by his constantly.
28. So he asked the gods to tell him how to get rid of the plague. Their answer was in order to rid the city of the plague, they had to get rid of the former king's killer, Laius.
29. That lead Oedipus to find out he killed Laius, and that Laius was his real father.
30. Apollo sent a plague to the city which could only be free of by getting rid of Laius's killer.