OTK FLASHCARDS

Question 1

BP1 WAT IS IT ABOUT.

Answer 1

FATE=ABSOLUTE DENYING IT = RUIN.

Question 2

BP1 QUOTE 1

Answer 2

“You cannot change the gods’ decrees.” – Creon, agon

S= CREON WARNING.
= FUTILITY OF RESITING DIVINE WILL (MORIA)
= O HURBIS = X COSIMIC ORDER

Question 3

BP1 QUOTE 2

Answer 3

“This child was doomed…” – Jocasta, exodos
J UNWRAPS TRUTH
S=STAGES=PERPETIA
= X HUMAN ATTEMPTS
= PROPEHECY PREVAILS

Question 4

BP1 QUOTE 3

Answer 4

Apollo sent me… I obey.” – Tiresias, agon
→ T ans. only=divine kaleis; Sophocles postions him= agent of aletheia
rejected by Oedipus in his pride.

Question 5

BP1 QUOTE 4

Answer 5

“Time… has found you out.” – Chorus, stasimon
Sophocles personifies time=fate’s mechanism; anagnorisis=too late for redemption.

Question 6

BP1 QUOTE 5

Answer 6

“You pray to the gods. Let me grant your prayers.” – Oedipus, prologos
→ Sophocles exposes O’s tyrnnous pride= by foreshadowing downfall by having Oedipus blur mortal and divine roles, .