Oedipus The King

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Is a work of drama in which a character who’s usually good and noble is brought to a disastrous end his or her Confrontation with a superior force (Fordshire, the guides, human nature, universal values) But also comes to understand the meaning of his or her deeds and to accept the punishment as appropriate. Often the Protagonist downfall is a Direct result of a flat flaw in the character. In Oedipus is situation, his fatal flaw or Hammerich is to learn the truth

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Tragedy

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Uses choir, a non-realistic set of speeches, the static stage action, the translated poetry, the reporting of offstage action by messengers.

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Classic tragedy

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of the play during during the period in which Oedipus was written, the Greeks were especially interested in the relationship between greatness and hubris, the excessive pride and ambitions that leads to the downfall of the hero in classic tragedy.

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Culture contacts

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Oedipus

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The king of Thebes (The name Oedipus means Swalling foot, which refers to the muilation of edit this is flicked by his father Lucis, before the incident was sent to mount kithaeron to be put to death by exposure)

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Oedipus mother/wife

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Jocasta

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Oedipus brother in law/uncle

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Creon

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An old blonde profit

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Teiresias

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Has several important functions in the drama: it coments in a pious way, It reforms the mood of the play, And it makes passage of time between events more credible.

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The choir

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Is the leader of the choir

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Choragos

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Is the god of healing and prophecy, light, justice, perfection, and destruction.

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Apollo

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Is the father in king of the gods

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Zeus

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Is the goddess of wisdom, arts, crafts, and war

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Athena or Palace

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Is a monster of a woman’s head, Allianz body, and the wings had the tittle that Oedipus solved

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Sphinx

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Both Oedipus and Jocasta are determined to control their fate over the gods will for them

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Determination

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Oedipus is a seeker of knowledge and truth throughout the play in spite of numerous warnings to “let sleeping dogs lie.”

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Wisdom and knowledge

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A central theme of the play is the tension between fate and an individual’s actions to change their fate

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Fate and free will

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Power corrupts and blinds Oedipus to the warnings of the characters around him

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Power

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Ensprits the life of Athens birth 496 BC

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Sophocles

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Play was written around

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430 BC

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King of Theves Oedipus real father

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Laius

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King and queen of queen Oedipus supposed parents

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Polybus and metope

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Place of worship

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Orial of Dphi

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Mt. Kithaeron

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The place where baby Oedipus was supped to be killed

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Ismean

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Child if odious and Jocasta