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CHORUS.

“”Thebes, city of death, one long cortege

and the suffering rises

wails for mercy rise

and the wild hymn for the Healer blazes out

clashing with our sobs our cries of mourning-

O golden daughter of god, send rescue

radiant as the kindness in your eyes!’ “

(214-218)

Analysis The beginning talks about the “wild hymn” might be referring to a virgin that is “for the Healer”  this might be hinting a reward for saving the city. Eyes are used to describe the scene before us of a city in ruins and the chorus cries out for help. “O golden daughter of god, send rescue”. The mention of eyes is used throughout the whole story. “Our sobs our cries” is also relating to eyes because crying gives you the imagery of their eyes closed and tears dropping.The chorus also talks about the kindness seen in your eyes in line 218. Seeing kindness and the direct word “eyes” hints the unfortunate future for Oedipus that everyone knows is imminent except for Oedipus himself. Response:

I feel a very gloomy and somber mood from the passage. There is a sickening scene of death and crying. "and the young wives and gray - haired mothers with them / cling to the altars, trailing in from all over the city-" (209-210) The deaths described in line 205 also gives off a very somber mood.