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Oedipus + Antigone Flashcards

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Comedy

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Play ends happily

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Drama

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Story enacted by live characters

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Tragedy

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Play ends unhappily

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Tragic hero

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Admired but has tragic flaw

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Tragic flaw

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Too much of one thing that leads to character downfall

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Dialogue

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Convo between characters

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Monologue

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One character speaks with silent listeners

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Soliloquy

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Character alone on stage sharing own thoughts

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Aside

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Onstage characters can’t hear

One person talking to audience

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3 things wrong with thebes

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Plague
Starvation
Children dying

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Where does the play take place

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Thebes

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Who is the founder of thebes

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Cadmus

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Who Laius

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Oedipus dad

Jocasta’s husband

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Who is Jocasta

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Laius’ wife

Oedipus’ wife/mother

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Who is oedipus

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Offspring of Laius and Jocasta

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Who is menoecus

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Jocasta and creon’s dad

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Who are oedipus and Jocasta’a children

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Eteocles
Polynicles
Ismene
Antigone

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Who is creon

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Jocasta’a brother

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Who is eurydice

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Creon’s wife

Mother of haeman and megareus

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Who is haeman

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Creon and eurydice son

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Who is megareus

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Creon and Eurydice daughter

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Where are oedipus’ adopted parents from

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Corinth

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Who are oedipus’ adopted parents

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Polybus and Merope

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What is dramatic irony

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When readers know something that characters do not

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What is a motif

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A distinctive feature or idea in literary work

Something repeated throughout

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What is the play’s theme

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Fate is inevitable

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How does sophocles use dramatic irony to enhance play

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Tells audience the prophecy

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Role of a monologue in a play

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Something significant is stated
Explains character traits
One person talking w silent listeners

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What is the diff between blind and sight

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Blind- knows truth (tiresias)

Sight- hidden from truth (oedipus)

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How did Ancient Greeks view women

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Baby makers, dependent on men, sex objects

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What is the use of a play’s foil

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Contradicts protagonist
Creon vs. oedipus
(Rational vs. irrational)

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Oedipus change throughout story?

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Kindhearted/caring

  • -> arrogant/cocky/defensive/jerk
  • ->mournful/remorse/feels bad
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Describe ismene

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Rational
Beautiful 
Ideal girl
Talkative 
Foil to antigone
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Describe Antigone

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Disobedient
Opposite of ismene
Defiant

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Haemon

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Antigone’s fiance

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What happens to Eurydice

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Kills self bc her kids are dead leaving creon all alone

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What is creon’s motivation to execute Antigone

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Prove he is a strong leader
Keep his pride
No family treatment
Won’t listen to a woman

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