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Oedipus Rex Flashcards

1
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Who wrote Oedipus Rex?

A

Sophocles

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2
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What is oedipus?

A

Aristotelian tragic hero

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3
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Who was the blind prophet in Oedipus?

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Tiresias

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4
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Of Oedipus’ daughters who was burried alive?

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Antigone

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5
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Who was Oedipus’ other daughter?

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Ismene

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Who was the woman that slept with her son that killed her husband?

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Jocasta

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7
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Who was the man that would sleep with him mom and kill his dad?

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Oedipus

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What was Oedipus’ original city?

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Corinth

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9
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What city is Oedipus king of?

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Thebes

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10
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Who did Oedipus think was his father was?

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Polybus

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Who was the previous king that died?

A

Laius

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12
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Who did Oedipus think was his mother was?

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Merope

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13
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Who was the chorus? What did they represent?

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Strophe and Antistrophe, the citizen of Thebes

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Who was not only Oedipus’ brother in law but also his uncle?

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Creon

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Who was a witness to Oedipus killing Laius?

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The herdsman

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16
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What god saw the prophecy? What is this god, god of?

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Apollo, truth and light

17
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Pattern of an Aristotelian tragic hero?

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High birth and well liked, made a mistake, hubris, recognition, reversal, catharsis (emotional)

18
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What is hubris?

A

Excessive pride

19
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What kind of irony is when the audience knows more than the the cast?

A

Dramatic irony

20
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What kind of irony is when what is said is different from what is done/ what happens?

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Verbal irony

21
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What kind of irony is when what you expect is going to happen is different than what actually happens?

A

Situational irony

22
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Greek theater does what in terms of violence? What does roman theater do?

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Greeks do not show violence, Roman’s do show violence

23
Q

When the play takes place in the present?

A

Unity of time

24
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When the play takes place in one setting?

A

Unity of place

25
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When they play has no subplots?

A

Unity of action

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