Why did the messenger come to Thebes?

Why did the messenger come to Thebes?

The Corinthian Messenger has come to Thebes to bring Oedipus home to Corinth, but Oedipus refuses because he fears that Apollo’s prophecy will come true if he returns home when both of his parents still alive.

What news does the second messenger bring Oedipus?

What news does the second messenger bring? The second messenger enters to bring the message that Queen Jocasta is dead and Oedipus has blinded himself. He explains that Jocasta entered, yelling and sobbing, then locked herself in her room.

What good news does the messenger bring Jocasta?

The messenger brings news that Polybus’ has died and that Corinth wishes Oedipus to return to be their king. Jocasta is happy with this news because it means the prophesy has not come true. Ironically though, she does not know yet that Laius, not Polybus, was Oedipus’ father.

What good news and bad news does the messenger from Corinth bring to Oedipus?

The new character is the messenger from Corinth. Bad new is that Polybus is dead, good news is that Oedipus didn’t kill him and He will become the king of Corinth.

What news does the messenger bring from Corinth choose two options?

The Messenger brings two messages: that the man who Oedipus thought was his father is dead, and the revelation that Polybus was not Oedipus’s true father: “you and Polybus were not related” (line 1208).

Why does the messenger from Corinth believe that his news will bring both pleasure and pain to his listeners?

How does the messenger from Corinth believe that his news will bring both pleasure and pain to his listener? The messenger has good news because Corinth want Oedipus to be their king but he also has bad news Polybus, Oedipus’ “father”, died. Why are Jocasta and Oedipus not too upset to hear about Polybus’ death?

What news did the shepherd from Thebes reveal?

Finally, after Oedipus threatens him with torture, the shepherd answers that the baby came from the house of Laius. Questioned further, he answers that it was Laius’s child, and that Jocasta gave it to him to destroy because of a prophecy that the child would kill his parents.

What news does the second messenger announce?

What news does the second messenger announce? The second messenger announces that Jocasta died. How did Jocasta die? she hanged herself after finding out that Oedipus was her son.

Why does the news from the messenger from Corinth at first seem good?

When the messenger arrives from Corinth, he tells Jocasta that Oedipus’s father Polybus (or so Oedipus mistakenly believes) is dead and that the people of Corinth want Oedipus to take over as king. Oedipus’s going to Corinth to take the throne, far from defying the prophecy, will actually help to fulfill it.