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Oedipus Tyrannus

The characters who live in the city of Thebes are the people who have a problem that they cannot solve on their own. In solving those problems, the characters within the city of Thebes play just as much of a roll in solving them as do the characters from outside the city. Although the characters such as Teiresias, the messenger, and the shepherd all brought information to Oedipus and the city of Thebes, which was very crucial in finding the truth, none of this information would have been brought to Thebes if it wasn't for the actions of characters within the city. The characters have to cooperate to come up with a solution. This situation is like having all the money in the world but it is no good until you go and get it. In Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus all the characters within the city of Thebes play some sort of roll in the final outcome of the story whether large or small. In Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus was the main character and was the King of the suppliants and the one who had saved the people from such things as the Sphinx. Oedipus was also favored greatly by the gods. Oedipus Tyrannus lived in the city of Thebes in Greece about 450BC and ruled over the people that lived there. The truth, throughout the story, was fought for


by him and hinted it was to include him in some way, but in which way we were not aware of until the end of our reading. There are many small characters that have an impact on this story along with the main ones. These characters are looked at as the common people in the Village of Thebes, the messengers (even though the messengers bring important information), and also the old men of Thebes. The old men of Thebes take part in the Writen part of the story, by acting as a chorus and in that way voicing the opinion of the common people. The roll the characters such as all the suppliants played was one where they gathered outside the palace and in the story were unnamed, and spoke no individual lines in the reading. These suppliants were called upon by Oedipus to bring forth any information that could be of help in finding the answer to the city of Thebes' problems. The Priest is the leader of the suppliants and Oedipus communicates to the suppliants through him. In this way Oedipus hears the problems and thoughts of the suppliants in a timely manner. The relationship of the main characters that live within the city of Thebes is a complicated one where some characters hold more than one relationship to another. Also the main characters often have conflicts in which one may have status over another, but the other may have knowledge, which gives him/her some sort of power over their superior. Some of the relationships that the characters have are family related and those relationships can sometimes conflict. Also some of the relationships between some characters are ones where secr

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