Odipus Note
Thesis statement: Aristotle’s concept of tragic flaw can be used to analyze the blind pursuit of truth based on the belief of one’s own innocence could lead the person to discover his own guilt. Topic Sentence: a) will illustrate one situation that will be analyzed in detail using the Poetic’s concept (with multiple pieces of evidence). b) will introduce the Poetics element (tragic flaw).
● Tragic Flaw: the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy;hamartia. Irony:
1) Situational Irony: irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. 2) Dramatic Irony: irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
Devices:
a) define
b) describe how it works in a passage
c) analyze how it helps to convey the plot in Oedipus
d) Analyze how it evoke emotions in the audience
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Hyperbole: obvious and intentional exaggeration
Paradox
Simile: compare two unlike things with “like”
Metaphor: without “like”
Extended metaphor: a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work
Personification: inanimate objects with personality
Apostrophe: a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea
Foreshadowing: to show or indicate beforehand.
Alliteration: the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter Assonance: resemblance of sounds
Consonance: correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds
Allusion: a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
Topic Sentence: Aristotle’s concept of tragic flaw can be used to show that although Oedipus strongly believes in his own innocence of not killing the old King Laius, his own stubbornness and blindness lead him to the
● Tragic Flaw: the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy;hamartia. Irony:
1) Situational Irony: irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. 2) Dramatic Irony: irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
Devices:
a) define
b) describe how it works in a passage
c) analyze how it helps to convey the plot in Oedipus
d) Analyze how it evoke emotions in the audience
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Hyperbole: obvious and intentional exaggeration
Paradox
Simile: compare two unlike things with “like”
Metaphor: without “like”
Extended metaphor: a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work
Personification: inanimate objects with personality
Apostrophe: a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea
Foreshadowing: to show or indicate beforehand.
Alliteration: the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter Assonance: resemblance of sounds
Consonance: correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds
Allusion: a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
Topic Sentence: Aristotle’s concept of tragic flaw can be used to show that although Oedipus strongly believes in his own innocence of not killing the old King Laius, his own stubbornness and blindness lead him to the