Question

“Introduction to Oedipus the King”: According to the first paragraph of the excerpt, what mainly is Oedipus’s role in Sophocles’s play?

Question 16 options:

a)

criminal

b)

detective

c)

both answer choices are correct

d)

neither answer choice is correct

Answer 1

the answer is c. The answer is in the question (i have added a pic to show i am right but before you look at it let me explane a little)

Step-by-step explanation:

look at the words they are using (if you dont see it at first read it at least 10 times and you will see it) If you still dont see it take 10 minutes to read through the important parts of Oedipus the King it clearly tells you that oedipus,s role in sophocles play was both criminal and detective.

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and remenber allways read the question in detale

Answer 2

Both choices are correct

Step-by-step explanation:

In the play Oedipus is searching for Laius' murderer because an oracle tells him only when the murderer is punished will a plague end, but at the end we learn that he is the murderer. So that makes him a criminal and a detective.