Oedipus Rex Flashcards
Who wrote Oedipus Rex?
Sophocles
What is oedipus?
Aristotelian tragic hero
Who was the blind prophet in Oedipus?
Tiresias
Of Oedipus’ daughters who was burried alive?
Antigone
Who was Oedipus’ other daughter?
Ismene
Who was the woman that slept with her son that killed her husband?
Jocasta
Who was the man that would sleep with him mom and kill his dad?
Oedipus
What was Oedipus’ original city?
Corinth
What city is Oedipus king of?
Thebes
Who did Oedipus think was his father was?
Polybus
Who was the previous king that died?
Laius
Who did Oedipus think was his mother was?
Merope
Who was the chorus? What did they represent?
Strophe and Antistrophe, the citizen of Thebes
Who was not only Oedipus’ brother in law but also his uncle?
Creon
Who was a witness to Oedipus killing Laius?
The herdsman
What god saw the prophecy? What is this god, god of?
Apollo, truth and light
Pattern of an Aristotelian tragic hero?
High birth and well liked, made a mistake, hubris, recognition, reversal, catharsis (emotional)
What is hubris?
Excessive pride
What kind of irony is when the audience knows more than the the cast?
Dramatic irony
What kind of irony is when what is said is different from what is done/ what happens?
Verbal irony
What kind of irony is when what you expect is going to happen is different than what actually happens?
Situational irony
Greek theater does what in terms of violence? What does roman theater do?
Greeks do not show violence, Roman’s do show violence
When the play takes place in the present?
Unity of time
When the play takes place in one setting?
Unity of place
When they play has no subplots?
Unity of action
