Final Exam Flashcards
What does the priest an Oedipus to do
Save the city from the plague
What are the people of Thebes suffering from
Plague
What two reasons to the thebans have to pleading to iedipus for help
He was kind and aced them from Sphinx
He was chosen by the gods
What initial step does Oedipus indicate he has already taken
Sends cream to talk to the oracle
Attached to Apollo
What is the significance of Delphi
Seat of primary oracle that creon goes to cunsult
What is an oracle
Someone who is connected with gods who can tell the truth and predict he future
What is the message creon was given from the oracle at Delphi
The killer of Laius must be killed or banished
What was murdered long go
Laius
What single clue about the murdered does creon reveal
He was killed while traveling by a group of bandits
What prevented the thebans from tracking down he murderer of Laius at the time the murder occurred
The Sphinx they were being terrorized so the couldnt focus their attention of the murder
What is the first impression of oedipos as a person and ruler
He’s devoted to making things right but he is arrogant
What is oedipos decree regarding the fate of the murderer
He doesn’t do anything worse then banishment if anyone who hides the murder they will be banished
Eternal damnation
What is the munition of the chorus
Elders of Thebes
Interact with actors and audience
Why does Teiresias refuse to tell Oedipus what he knows
He fears his own well being and causing trouble
How does Oedipus react when Teiresias reveals to him the truth
He doesn’t believe him and then he accused Tiresias and creon of trying to overthrow him
Denying fatal flaw
What does Oedipus say in anger is offensive to the gods
He compared human wit to the knowledge given by the Gods
Compares himself to the oracle
What is the significance of Teiresias to the gif Apollo
He serves Apollo and gives insight
Oedipus is attacking a representative of Apollo
Whom does Oedipus assumed is being Teiresias claims
Creon
List 4 of the many prophecies Tiresias gives to Oedipus regarding the murder of kind Laius
Says the murderer of the mane you looking for us you
Tells him he has an unnatural relationship with family
He is blind
Going to be a banished beggar
What two reasons does choragos give Oedipus for believe ing creon is innocent
He has always been honest
He wouldn’t want to be king anyway
What reason does Oedipus give to prove that Teiresias is wrong
Tireseas didn’t save city from the Sphinx
He couldn’t have murdered him the crown was given to him
What does creon argue to prove he is not guilty of treason
He is so sure that he is not guilty he is willing to die
Why does Jocasta have no faith in the oracles of seers and prophets
Her Prophecy didn’t come true
Why does Oedipus suspect that Tiresias might have been right
Jocasta describes the ace where Oedipus killed someone
The place where three roads meet
What account from the shepherd may clear Oedipus name
Multiple people killed Luis
Shepard lied because he didn’t want to look bad and to protect himself
Why does the messengers ménage make Jocasta so joyful
Polybus was dead
Oedipus didn’t kill him the prophecy was wrong
According to Jocasta why should Oedipus have no fear of sleeping with his mother
The father is dead the prophecy is untrue
She says many men sleep with mothers in dreams
Why does the messenger tell Oedipus to prove that his fears are groundless
Oedipus is adopted anyway
Why does Jocasta want the questioning at the end
She knows he truth
When does Jocasta know the truth
When the messenger says the baby was given to him with his feet pinned together
He was found at citharon
Why does Oedipus assume that Jocasta wants the questioning to end
He things she is afraid of finding out he was born of a Lowe class
Oedipus is about to interrogate the shepherd which characters has he already cross examined in an effort to solve the mystery of Laius murderer and his own identity
Tiresias and the messenger
Why do you think the shepherd bursts in so angrily here
He thinks he will get in trouble
He knows the truth
Who else in the play so fat has called Oedipus unhappy because of his desire to learn more
Jocasta and the shepherd
How does Jocasta die
She hangs herself
Didn’t want to face all of the truth and her problems
As Oedipus stormed into the palace do you think he intended to harm Jocasta
No when he aks creon at the end of the play to bury her he still cares for her
Or maybe yes idk
Explain what Oedipus does to himsel
Takes the pins from jocastas dress and stabs his eyes to blind himself
Why does Oedipus choose blinding himself rather than committing suicide
He can’t beat to look at the faces of his parents when he dies and he can’t bear to look at his children or the people of Thebesl
Act of cowardice
Why does Oedipus wish for all of Thebes to see him in his present condition
He wants thm to see the results of his sins so then won’t make they same mistakes he did
What does choragos mean when he says to Oedipus you suffer it all twice over
When he loses his father he is the murderer
He lost his wife and his mother
He lost his children and his siblings
He is banished and he has to live with it
Pathos
You feel sympathy for Oedipus
Recognition
When shepherd tells him he is the baby
How does Oedipus exhibit the qualities of a tragic hero
He was a good kind who cared
He was pride stubborn pompous judgemental and had a temper
In the beginning of the Pali why have to priests come to the alter at Thebes
The came to pray for an end to the plague
Explain how Oedipus once liberated Thebes
Saved them from the Sphinx
According to creon what does Apollo want done
Oedipus must find who killed Laius and kill or banish him
Who are the members of chorus representing
Royals and counsellors
Why has Oedipus sent for Tiresias
To find the murderer
What accusation does Tiresias make
Oedipus is the murderer
What prediction does Tiresias make
Oedipus will be a blind begged and outcast
What does iedipus suspect creon of
Trying to overthrow him
According to creon why is Oedipus wrong
Creon is already happy without responsibility
What happened to the slave that witnessed Lauis murder
Begged Jocasta to be cast away as a shepherd
Didn’t want Oedipus to kill him
Who were polybua and merope
King and queen of Corinth
What did the drunken man tell Oedipus
Polybus and merope weren’t his real parents
Why did Oedipus run away from home
He didn’t want to kill polybua and marry merope
He heard the prophecy about himself
Why did Oedipus kill the travellers
Argument over right of way on the road
What news does the messenger bring
Polybua is dead
Oedipus is king of Corinth
How did the messenger know that polybua was not Oedipus father
He is the one that gave Oedipus to his adoptive parents
How did Oedipus get his name
His feet were pinned together
What advice does Jocasta give about trying to solve the mystery of his birth
She begs them to stop looking for the truth
Why didn’t the shepherd kill the baby
He had pity for it
What happened to Jocasta
Hung herself
Dramatic irony
We know something the characters don’t
Oedipus says he’ll do anything to stop the plague but he is the reason for it
He says he’s never seen Laius
He says the murderer might try to kill him
He curses himself
Jocasta knows the truth
Foreshadowing
Creon wearing a crown from Apollo
Tiresias tell Oedipus about the future
“Totally will furnish you a birthday and a death”
Archetypal character
Type of character who appears in many stories peoms films etc
Tiresias is an old wise man
Internal rhyme
Rhyming of words with in a line of poetry not just at the end
Alliteration
Repeated of consonant sounds usually at the beginning of words
Assonance
Repeated vowel sounds in the middle of words
Enjambment
Continuation of a single thought from one line of poetry to another —
Repetition
Repeated sounds words phrases to create mood
For emphasis state of mind
Mood
Feeling created by the reader using sound choices and setting
Allusion
reference to outside work even or history
Mythology bible Shakespeare
Hyperbole
Exaggeration to show distinct feelings
Metaphor
Direct comparison between to unlike things
Similar
Comparison between two unlike things Iain like or as
Extended metaphor
Entire work used for comparison
Theatron
Where people sit
Thymele
Alter
Sometimes sacrifices occur
Parados
2 on each side
Entrance of the chorus
Orchestra
Plays where chorus stands and dances
Skene
Backdrop
Places where actors dress
Paraskene
2 placed on either side of Skene
Where they would lower props
