“oedipus rex”: what does the following passage reveal mainly about oedipus?
“oedipus: yea, i am wroth, and will not stint my words,
but speak my whole mind. thou methinks thou art he,
who planned the crime, aye, and performed it too,
all save the assassination; and if thou
hadst not been blind, i had been sworn to boot
that thou alone didst do the bloody deed.”
a) he is willing to suspend judgement until evidence is found of laius’s killer.
b) he is the type to blame himself when things go wrong.
c) he is selfless and not the kind to take things personally.
d) his wounded pride and offense have made him behave angrily.

The correct answer is the option d) His wounded pride and offense have made him behave angrily.

Explanation:

In this passage Oedipus is clearly angry as we see the word "wroth" that means intensely angry, also he is emitting a judgment even if he doesn't have proofs and we confirm this with the word "stint" that means an inadequate amount of something. With these two ideas in mind it's not the option a as he is making a judgment, is not the option b as he is blaming others and finally is not the option c because he is very angry at that matter, he can't control his emotions so he is not selfless at all. He is proud and quick to anger so any kind of offense will make him behave angrily.

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if i was falling raindrop:

1. land safely (pretty sure that’s a tough one)

2. wished that time slowed down

3. a beautiful ending