What the People Wore in Oedipus Rex

I think the costumes the performers wore in Oedipus Rex should not go unmentioned. I read Oedipus Rex a while ago and had a very hard time visualizing what the characters may have looked like. I liked their hands and faces, and I especially liked how dramatic it was at the end when Oedipus' mask and costume comes off and we now see his face and body for the first time. This is powerful because with the tall wooden head and robe, he seemed bigger, greater, and almost untouchable. But after he gouged his eyes out, he was small and frail. This was very appropriate since he was also full of shame during this time. The costumes do a wonderful job of symbolism (though I am having a hard time understanding why their hands were shaped the way they were, I know it was for a reason, hmm...) as well as they do a great job of amping up what is going on at the moment, for instance the end of the opera.