3. Cillarrea
Dout their
Cill his father
men Jocasta
nd gave the
child to die in
thepherd
How is the opening quotation (in paragraph 1) important to the development of the passage's
theme?
It shows how Oedipus planned to take his father's place and marry his
mom place all along
d queen of
med in Greek
Man will always attempt to take his father's place symbolically as head of
household
Women will always look for younger men to take their husband's place.
Oedipus was always cursed to take over Thebes and marry the queen.