18. THE TESTAMENT AND SUPPLICATION: “EVIL”

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THESEUS, POLYNEICES, ANTIGONE, OEDIPUS, EVANGELIST, ISMENE, CHORUS

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On Testimony – From Law to Religion Thinking about Oedipus Rex through the lens of testimony leads us down two possible roads: to the courtroom or to church. In contemporary usage, testimony has an important legal dimension as a form of evidence in a court of law. If we think of Oedipus's inquiry along legal lines, we see that some witnesses present their information freely or even accidentally, while others testify under pressure, knowing full well the consequences of their words. Some figures, like Creon, sound a bit like lawyer

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