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Oedipus WHO? (Characters). Literary Devices. So Ironic!. Character Quotes. Background Info. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500. Oedipus’ uncle and brother in law. Creon. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Oedipus WHO?
(Characters)Literary Devices So Ironic! Character
Quotes Background
Info
Oedipus’ uncle and brother in law
Creon
The patron god of Thebes (also known as
Loxias and Phoebus)
Apollo
The literal translation of the title character’s name
“Oedipus Rex”
“King swollen-foot”
The name of Oedipus’ adopted mother and father
in Corinth
King Polybus and Queen Merope
The name of Oedipus’ two daughters (hint: the sequel to this play is named after
one of the daughters)
Antigone and Ismene
What literary / dramatic device is presented in the following lines:
[Jocasta enters carrying garlands][Both Oedipus and Creon exit stage left]
Stage Directions
What literary device is presented in the following lines:
“And the bleeding eyeballs gushed and stained his beard – no sluggish oozing drops but a black rain and
bloody hail pour down”
Imagery (visual)
What literary device is presented in the following
lines:“King, you yourself have seen our city reeling like a wreck
already; it can scarcely lift its prow.”
Figurative Language / Metapor
What literary device is presented in the following lines:
“A deadly double striking curse, From father and mother both, shall
drive you forthOut of this land with darkness on
your eyes”
Imagery (light vs. dark)or foreshadowing
What literary device is presented in the following lines:
“Give me a sword I say, to find this wife no wife, this mother’s womb,
this field of double sowing whence I sprang and where I sowed my
children”
Alliteration or metaphor
What type of irony is presented in the following lines?
“You came and by your coming saved our city, freed us from tribute which we paid of old to the Sphinx,
cruel singer” (Priest to Oedipus)
Dramatic Irony
What type of irony is presented in the following lines?
“Whoever he was that killed the king may readily wish to dispatch me
with his murderous hand; so helping the dead king I help myself.”
(Oedipus)
Dramatic irony
What type of irony is presented in the following lines?
“Teiresias, you are versed in everything, things teachable and
things not to be spoken, You have no eyes but in you mind you know with what a plague our city is afflicted.”
(Oedipus)
Situational Irony
What type of irony is presented in the following lines?
“Do not concern yourself about this matter, listen to me and learn that human beings have no part in the craft of prophecy, Of that I’ll
show you proof”(Jocasta to Oedipus)
Dramatic Irony
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What type of irony is presented in the following lines?
“There, there we saw his wife hanging, the twisted rope around her neck. When he saw her, he cried out fearfully and cut the
dangling noose.”
Situational Irony
Which character said the following:“I’m willing to give all that you may need: I would be very hard should I
not pity suppliants like these”
Oedipus
Which character said the following:“I say you are the murderer of the king whose murderer you seek”
Teiresias
Which character said the following:“I was not born with such a frantic yearning to be a king – but to do what kings do. And so it is with
everyone who has learned wisdom and self-control. As it stands now
the prizes are all mine – and without fear”
Creon
Which character said the following:
“Because Polybus was no kin to you in blood”
Messenger (from Corinth)
Which characters (2) said the following:
“O God, I am on the brink of frightful speech.”
“And I of frightful hearing.”
Herdsman and Oedipus
Greek theater got its start as an activity at religious festivals honoring what Greek diety?
Dionysus (god of wine)
Greek plays generally included how many major actors in each scene and
how many chorus members?
up to 3 main actors and 12-15 chorus members
What is the Greek term for any heroic flaw or weakness?
Hamartia
Name the three Unities that Aristotle used to describe the “perfect” play
(he was inspired after reading Oedipus Rex)
Unity of Time, Action, and Place
When was Oedipus Rex written and by whom?
approx. 468 BCE and Sophocles!