Oedipus Modern Scholars Flashcards
WHAT does Knox say about a typical Sophoclean Hero? 👂🏾
Fatal flaw is their ‘Inability to hear or understand’
WHATdoes Rutherford say about Oedipus as a play?
‘This is not a play of crime and punishment’ (O suffers = fate)
WHAT does Knox say about Oedipus 🧸
‘Oedipus is not a puppet’
There is choice and freedom of act in fate
WHAT 2️⃣ things does Dr Rosie Wyles say is Oedipus’ Hamartia? 😒🙏..💢
Hamartia = His arrogance
1) ‘HUBRISTIC BEHAVIOUR’
—> Accepting worship from his people—> Distrusting attitude towards oracles
—> Treatment of Tiresias (Prophet)
OR
Hamartia = His temper
—> Treatment of Tiresias
—> The shepherd and Jocasta
—> Sees his hamartia as a tragic flaw
What does Aristotle say about Oedipus in The Poetics? 😨🥇
Aristotle uses Oedipus as an example of a play that best epitomises having recognition and reversal come at the same time
What does Aristotle think an audience should achieve from a successful tragedy?
Identifying with the protagonist
What does Karakantza say about a lot persons duty in a Greek polis?
Karakantza says “a person in a Greek polis needs also to protect his identity as a citizen”
What does Karakantza say about a lot persons duty in a Greek polis?
Karakantza says “a person in a Greek polis needs also to protect his identity as a citizen”
What does Christensen say is apart of the ‘trap’ of intelligent people? 🧠 🙅🏾♀️
Christensen says that ”part of the trap of intelligent people is their ability to construct plausible deniability”