Oedipus Flashcards

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Tragedy

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Involves conflicts from higher power

A downfall from your fate

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Hubris

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Excessive pride

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Fate

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Destined to happen

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Personas

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The tradition of masks

One actor who has multiple parts

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Catharsis

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When literature provides emotion

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Prophecy

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The foretelling of prediction of what is to come and is declared by the prophet

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Oedipus complex

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A boy is fixated on his mother and competed with his father for him moms attention

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Tragic hero

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Five traits

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Tragic flaw

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A personality trait of a main character that leads to his downfall

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Good Greek

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Role was to accept your fate willingly

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