Final Exam Flashcards by Erin Mancini

What does the priest an Oedipus to do

Save the city from the plague

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What are the people of Thebes suffering from

Plague

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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

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What initial step does Oedipus indicate he has already taken

Sends cream to talk to the oracle

Attached to Apollo

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What is the significance of Delphi

Seat of primary oracle that creon goes to cunsult

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What is an oracle

Someone who is connected with gods who can tell the truth and predict he future

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What is the message creon was given from the oracle at Delphi

The killer of Laius must be killed or banished

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What was murdered long go

Laius

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What single clue about the murdered does creon reveal

He was killed while traveling by a group of bandits

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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

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What is the first impression of oedipos as a person and ruler

He’s devoted to making things right but he is arrogant

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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

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What is the munition of the chorus

Elders of Thebes

Interact with actors and audience

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Why does Teiresias refuse to tell Oedipus what he knows

He fears his own well being and causing trouble

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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

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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

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What is the significance of Teiresias to the gif Apollo

He serves Apollo and gives insight

Oedipus is attacking a representative of Apollo

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Whom does Oedipus assumed is being Teiresias claims

Creon

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Why does Jocasta have no faith in the oracles of seers and prophets

Her Prophecy didn’t come true

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Why does Oedipus suspect that Tiresias might have been right

Jocasta describes the ace where Oedipus killed someone

The place where three roads meet

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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