Examples of double entendre for Oedipus Rex

Question

just a few examples of double entendre in the play Oedipus Rex

Asked by jennifer y #302487 on 2/17/2013 8:23 PM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 2/17/2013 8:33 PM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/17/2013 8:26 PM

the arthra is a double entendre referring to both the exposure of the infant Oedipus and to his horrible blinding.

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/17/2013 8:31 PM

Plowing and sowing (in reference to Jocasta) also refers to intercourse and impregnation.

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/17/2013 8:33 PM

I hold the throne that he held then, possess his bed / and a wife who shares our seed. (295/296)

Oedipus Rex