1. Oedipus Act 2

2. Why Is Creon upset??
Because Oedipus accused him of being a traitor
Does he have a right to be?? Absolutely

3. What does the Chorus say?
“Perhaps it was a sudden gust of anger that forced that insult from him, and no judgement.”
“I do knot know; I have no eyes to see what Princes do.”
What does this tell us about the chorus??
They are inconsistent with what side they are on and don’t want to support something that would be wrong so they try to not make enemies

4. Creon is upset because…
Line – “I do not want to live on with the burden of such a scandal on me”

5. Oedipus asks why he is there since:
Line : “although you are proved manifestly the murderer of that man”
How was he proven guilty???

6. Why wouldn’t Creon want the crown?
Line

7. We see another Motif
Our first motif is blindness – there is more of that here in act 2
Our second motif is TIME
Line
Look back at Teireisias and the Chorus – both make reference to time proving something to be true

8. Oedipus’ Anger/Pride gets the best of him again
Line anger
Line –Pride
Line Both

9. Jocasta’s Intervention
We see who really holds the power in this marriage – Jocasta comes in and scolds them like children
Symbolism

10. Jocasta’s Logic Line 813-836 We also revisit our THEME
Jocasta denounces the gods validity and distrusts their abilities
We also revisit our THEME
FATE VS.FREEWILL

11. Oedipus figures it out
Line
Oedipus’ confession

12. Chorus’ observations
Line – irony
Line – hmm….