This was an overall deeply disturbing play. Oedipus is trying to solve the mystery of who killed the former King. In the end, it turns out it was him and the King was his father and the Queen (his wife) is his mother. There was a prophecy that the King and Queen's son would kill his father and marry his mother and it came true. They thought they had solved the problem when they sent their son off to be killed, but he was really just adopted. So now flash forward and Oedipus really did kill his father and marry (and have kids with) his mother. But they don't know that he is their son until the very end. The whole play is about Oedipus trying to find the King's killer and failing to see the truth. In the end, they figure it out and his mother kills herself and Oedipus gouges out his eyes.
There really aren't any monologues for women in this.
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