Costume Design- Oedipus

Creon- His toga will be blue because blue symbolizes confidence and nobility. He is confident because he was able to stick to his word about Apollo's prophecy and not let Oedipus' accusations weaken him. He is also noble because not only is he the brother of the queen, but also he becomes king when Oedipus exiles himself.

Oedipus- His toga will be black because black symbolizes death and misery. Oedipus' whole life was ruined by the mistake of his parents sending him away. Because of this he did fulfill his fate of killing his father and marrying his mother. Once Jocasta found out she married her son, and the prophecy came true, she killed herself. This brought misery to Oedipus' life, so he scrapped out his own eyes and exiled himself.

Tireseas- His toga will be yellow because yellow stands for enlightenment. Tireseas is the blind prophet who tells Oedipus that he is the one who killed Laius. He tried to enlighten Oedipus with this information. He can also enlighten anyone else with this prophecies.

Jocasta- Her toga will be purple because purple stands for royalty and personal growth. She is royal because she is the queen. Her personal growth is that even thought she does not believe in fate, she does accept the fact the the prophecy about her son came true.

The Shepherd- His toga will be brown because brown stands for the earth and loving one's homeland. When he was the only survivor when Laius was killed he was completely humiliated. He could not believe that she could not stop one man. Then when Oedipus' became king, he realized he could not stay there knowing who killed the true king. So to protect Oedipus, and Thebes, he left with the truth.

The Messenger- His toga will be green because green stands for life, growth, and intelligence. He saved Oedipus when he was a baby, and thus allowed him to live his life and grow old. He also made the fact aware to everyone about Oedipus' real identity.

Jocasta's Diary

I cannot believe that Oedipus is accusing my brother of making this up. "Oh, god believe it, Oedipus, honor the solemn oath he swears to to heaven" (222-223). Creon swears to the heavens that he didn't make it up, he has to believe that. If he does not believe him the state of Thebes will he horrible. "Do it for me, for the sake of your people" (234). He needs to believe Creon so all of his people will be safe.

I also do not believe in the truth of prophets. "...no skill in the world, nothing human can penetrate the future" (781-782). The prophets said that my son would kill my husband , but that did not happen. When my son was less than three days old he was chained by his ankles and taken away. Because of this my son could not have killed my husband.

My biggest worry is that when Oedipus talks to shepherd, he will somehow convince the shepherd to say that it was one man that killed Laius. If this happens then Oedipus will believe that he killed Laius. I know in my heart that this is not true.

Sin

So on their journey they went.
After walking down a long dark path without a care
They finally arrived to the second level where the lustful souls were sent.


Dante could hear the cries of the souls in despair.
He wondered who was here.
Finally he met a young women with fiery red hair.

She looked at him with eyes full of tears.
He asked her what sin she committed
All she did was look at him with fear.


When she tried to speak all that came out were cries.
Dante looked at her closely and noticed something odd in her chest.
He pointed to it and asked what was wrong.

She motioned that her heart was breaking.
Dante was confused and asked Virgil to explain.
Virgil said "here are the sinners who were lustful.

All they cared about were their own feelings.
They went around breaking hearts
And ruining relationships."

He continued to explain their punishment to Dante
"Since they spent their lives breaking hearts
and making people cry

They shall spend all of eternity with a broken heart.
Every time their heart heals, it breaks itself again.
And because they caused the broken hearted to cry

They can only express themselves through crying.
They are never allowed to speak again
Because all their words did was cause misery."

Dante did not feel bad for them after hearing this.
He fully agreed with their punishment.
And so they continued on to the next level.

This is the second level of hell where the lustful people are sent. In life they were very promiscuous. They would go after anyone they wanted. It did not matter who's feelings got hurt. As long as they got the boy/girl they were happy. All throughout life they broke up relationships. They broke hearts and caused people to cry for days. Now in hell their hearts will be continually be broken so they could experience what they did to people. Since they caused people to cry from the words they used, they can no longer speak. The only way they can express themselves is through crying.