Which sequence is the correct order of steps and challenges that oedipus faced before he died? a: oedipus married jocasta. b: oedipus blinded himself. c: oedipus defeated the sphinx. d: laius abandoned oedipus on a hilltop. e: oedipus left thebes with antigone. a) a, e, c, d, b b) b, e, c, a, d c) c, a, d, e, b d) d, c, a, b, e e) e, b, c, a, d

The correct answer is D.

Explanation:

Oedipus was abadoned on a hiltop as a baby because of the profecy announced to his father that his son would murder him and marry his own mother.

However, Oedipus was adopted by the king and queen of Corinth. After learning the profecy that haunted him, he felt Corinth so as not to fulfill it and headed to Thebes.

Guarding the entrance of Thebes was a sphinx that presented travelers with a riddle. Oedipus defeated the sphinx and became king of Thebes.

He married the queen, Jocasta, who was, in fact, his mother.

Upon learning that he had fulfilled the profecy (he had unnknowingly killed his father on his way to thebes and married the queen, his mother) he gouge his own eyes out and blinded himself.

Afterwards, he went into exile, accompanied by his two daughters, Anitgone and Ismene and left his kingdome to his brother, Creon.

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

the answer is b "spewing black smoke", i took the test and got 100%   hope i