Wednesday, October 8, 2008

10/8/08

pp. 285-296

Oedipus continues to accuse Creon of conspiracy, killing the king, and planning to kill Oedipus. Creon denys it and tells Oedipus to go talk to the oracle himself. Oedipus calls Creon his mortal enemy and threatens to kill him. Jocasta enters and with the help of the Chorus break the two up and Creon leaves. Jocasta tells Oedipus to ignore the prophet because she thinks that the prediction about her baby killing her husband and marrying her didn't happen. Jocasta talks about how Laius and where he was killed. Oedipus starts to realize that he was the one who killed Laius. He wants to talk to the one survivor who was with Laius when he was killed.