Oedipus Modern Scholars Flashcards

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WHAT does Knox say about a typical Sophoclean Hero? 👂🏾

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Fatal flaw is their ‘Inability to hear or understand’

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WHATdoes Rutherford say about Oedipus as a play?

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‘This is not a play of crime and punishment’ (O suffers = fate)

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WHAT does Knox say about Oedipus 🧸

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‘Oedipus is not a puppet’

There is choice and freedom of act in fate

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WHAT 2️⃣ things does Dr Rosie Wyles say is Oedipus’ Hamartia? 😒🙏..💢

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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

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What does Aristotle say about Oedipus in The Poetics? 😨🥇

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Aristotle uses Oedipus as an example of a play that best epitomises having recognition and reversal come at the same time

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What does Aristotle think an audience should achieve from a successful tragedy?

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Identifying with the protagonist

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What does Karakantza say about a lot persons duty in a Greek polis?

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Karakantza says “a person in a Greek polis needs also to protect his identity as a citizen”

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What does Karakantza say about a lot persons duty in a Greek polis?

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Karakantza says “a person in a Greek polis needs also to protect his identity as a citizen”

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What does Christensen say is apart of the ‘trap’ of intelligent people? 🧠 🙅🏾‍♀️

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Christensen says that ”part of the trap of intelligent people is their ability to construct plausible deniability”

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