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
