Oedipus Flashcards

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Settings of the play

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Kintharion, Thebes, Delphi, Phocus, Corinth.

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supplicant

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one who begs the king for something

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Clairvoyant

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A psychic, Teiresias

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Choragus

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soloist of the chorus

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Prophecy

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a statement that comes true if you act upon it.

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Oracles

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What a god says

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Hubris

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Excessive pride

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Hamartia of Ignorance

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A mistake that you didn’t know was wrong

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Hamartia of knowledge

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A mistake you knew was wrong

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The 2 motifs of the play

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sight, and man

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2 dramatic questions

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Who killed Laius?
Who are my mom and dad?

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What is Oedipus’ motive at the start of the play

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He wants to be the savior again

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motive at the middle: Oedipus

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wants to avoid being killed

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motive of Oedipus at the end

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wants to be exiled

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15
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Oedipus’ hubris

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degrading Apollo

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Where is Oedipus’ hubris

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at the Oracles of Delphi

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Oedipus’ hamartia of knowledge

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his hubris; he attempts to flee the fate the gods have laid before him on Corinth.

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Oedipus’ hamartia of ignorance

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his unintentional wrongdoings, killing the men with his short-tempered rage.

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What is the family curse

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If you have a kid, they will try to kill you, so that they can overtake you.

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Hamartia of ignorance: Jocasta

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She wants a child, but she didn’t know about the curse

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Hamartia of knowledge

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She tells Oedipus to ignore the Oracles

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How does Jocasta dies

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hanged herself

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Jocasta’s theme

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No one is right all the time

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Percepteia

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A strange realization; an unexpected thing that comes.

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Themes of Sophocles
1. Search of Identity 2. Nature of innocence and guilt 3. abuse of power 4. fate of the gods 5. Nature of moral responsibility
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Aristotle's hero cycle
1. recognition 2. reversal 3. suffering
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3 prophecies
1. your son will kill you; given to Laius 2. You'll kill dad and sleep with mom and have incestual children; given to Oedipus. 3. Expell the killer of Laius; given to Creon.
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juxtaposition
cause and effect of 2 things (not people)
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Sphinx and the riddle
Oedipus' name helped him get to the answer of MAN.
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Oedipus' Tragic flaw leading to fate
his short temper leads to him killing his father.
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Catharsis
emotional cleansing; laugh or cry
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Teiresias
The blind man that is a psycic
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Merope
Oedipus' adopted mom
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Polybus
Who Oedipus thought was his father
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Shepherd
Where the Messenger from Corinth got the baby from
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Creon
Jocasta's brother; took control of the city
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Antigone
the daughter that accompanies Oedipus out of the city
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Jocasta
Non-believer in the Oracles, the one who slept with her son
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Apollo & Plagues
Apollo cursed a plague on Thebes because of the pollution someone caused.
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last explicit theme
Let every man in mankind's frailty consider his last day
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2nd explicit theme
2. The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves
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An example of dramatic irony
I am a child of luck - Oedipus
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1st theme
for time and time alone will show the true man. Though scoundrels are discovered in a day.
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What does Oedipus beg of Creon at the end?
For his daughters to be safe