Step Three Oedipus Exercise
Use lines 1087-end of the Oedipus Tyrannus to tackle the following questions:
Look for expressions of fatalism and ritual pollution in the play. Are they all harmonious? Are there hints that Oedipus (and his people) might have avoided their suffering?
Where are the discrete moments of recognition in the play?
How does Sophocles make it credible that Oedipus and others do not know the truth?
Whose ‘fault’ is the plague? Are there passages that imply that this is the wrong question to ask?