Scene IV – Exodus Fill in the Blank
The ________________ arrives. Choragos says that this man was once a servant of _____________.
The shepherd confirms that he had tended flocks on and around ___________________ as a shepherd
for _______________. At first, the shepherd _______________ ever having seen the Messenger, but
eventually admits it.
The Messenger says that, many years ago, the shepherd gave the Messenger a ______________. The
shepherd becomes upset, and says “___________
___________, ____________
__________
___________!” Oedipus becomes angry when the shepherd avoids answering.
Oedipus threatens to _______________ the shepherd if he doesn’t talk, and the shepherd relents. The
shepherd reveals that the baby, who we now know was ____________________, was from the house
of ____________________. The shepherd begs Oedipus to not make him reveal the truth. Once
again, Oedipus __________________ him. The shepherd reveals that the baby was Laios’ own child,
and that ______________ had given the baby to him. The shepherd was told to _____________
______________
____________
________________.
______________ the baby and gave him to the Messenger.
However, the shepherd
After hearing this, Oedipus realizes that
all of the ___________________ are true. He cries out that he is ________________.
In the Exodos, a Messenger arrives from __________
__________
__________________. This
messenger reveals that __________________ is dead. After running into the palace, she closed
herself into her ____________________ and called out for __________________.
Oedipus then
stormed into the palace, having realized who he was. It seemed that one of the ______________ was
in control of Oedipus, and he eventually broke down the doors to Iocaste’s room. He found that
Iocaste had ____________ herself. Oedipus pulled her down and ripped the _______________ from
her gown. Oedipus said he had been ______________ to those he was searching for. Oedipus then
_______________ at his eyes with the ______________ until he was blind.
Choragos asked Oedipus what madness caused his actions. Oedipus says that Apollo brought his
_______________ upon him, but that Oedipus blinded himself. Oedipus wishes he had ___________
as a baby rather than be rescued on the mountain. Choragos tells Oedipus that he would have been
better ___________ than alive and ______________, but Oedipus tells Choragos that he would not
have been able to bear the sight of his ______________ and ________________ in the House of
Death.
After all that Oedipus has done, ___________________ is now the king of Thebes. Oedipus asks
several things of Creon. First, Oedipus asks that _______________ be given a proper burial. He then
asks that Creon care for his daughters, __________________ and ___________________. Oedipus
says that his sons can care for themselves, but his daughters will need to be cared for. Creon brings
Oedipus’ daughters to him. Oedipus tells his daughters that he didn’t realize who he was, and that
Oedipus ____________ for the bitterness that will be a part of their lives. Oedipus asks his daughters
to be as ________________ they can be, despite what he has done.
In the end, Oedipus _______________ Thebes, and Creon insists that his ______________ stay
behind. As is tradition in Greek tragedy, a member of the chorus speaks last. Choragos says that,
despite how _______________ Oedipus was, ruin still found him.