Form 1 Flashcards
An action of begging for something earnestly and humbly
Supplication
Marked my promise and success
Auspicious
Freedom from the injurious consequences of an action
Impunity
A ruler exercising absolute power in a cruel or oppressive way
Despot
An accusation of committing a grave crime
Indictment
To throw into imbalance and confusion
Unhinged
Who said ‘The best way to live life is by a hit and miss, as best as you can’
Jocasta
Who said ‘to reject a good friend is the equivalent of throwing away one’s own dear life’?
Creon
Who said ‘But I count myself the son of Good Chance, the giver of success. I shall not be dishonored’?
Oedipus
Who said ‘May I never enjoy life, but perish under a curse, if I have done to you any of the things you charged me with’
Creon
Who said ‘When a plotter moves against me in his speed and secrecy and I too must be quick to counterplot. If I take my time and wait, then his cause is won and mine is lost’
Oedipus
Who said ‘the truth, with all its strength is in me’?
Tiresias
Who said ‘Wisdom is a dreadful thing when it brings no profit to its possessor’?
Tiresias
Who said ‘there is no human being born that is endowed with prophetic power’?
Jocasta
Who said ‘time alone reveals he just man- the unjust you can recognize in one short day’?
Creon
