The play Oedipus the King by Sophocles is a drama of a heroic archetype struggling to find answers which creates conflicts of man vs. man‚ man vs. himself‚ and man vs. supernatural and in the end reveals his real identity thus fulfilling his prophecy. Man vs. Man Oedipus meets Teirias he then meets with his brother in law Creon for yet another man vs. man conflict. The conflict again Creon is Oedipus who still is unaware of who he really is again is trying to seek answers to find out who
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Madame Defarge was a symbol of destruction: her archetype was destruction. Although she could have been an avenger‚ her methods and sympathy for others proves her to be a destroyer‚ as she destroys the innocent‚ her own humanity‚ and she does destroy herself. She does what she can to destroy the ancestors of her own cause. As the Evrémonde family destroyed her mentally‚ she tries to annihilate them physically. Many have given her sympathy‚ including the wife of the cheating aristocrat‚ stating
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you thinking what’s going to happen next and it makes you want to keep reading to see what’s going to happen next. 3) Give an example for the type(s) of irony used (dramatic‚ situational‚ and verbal). Situational irony was when Medea told Creon that she needed one more day and then she would leave because she didn’t have anywhere else to stay. [pic] 1) How does Euripedes portray women throughout the play?
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Oedipus Rex Study Guide The Prologos 1. What initial step does Oedipus indicate he has already taken? 2. What is the significance of Delphi? What is the message from the oracle at Delphi with which Creon returns? 3. What does Oedipus think about the clue Creon reveals about who murdered King Laios? What might this perception foreshadow? 4. What does Oedipus promise to do at the end of the Prologos? 5. Of what symbolic significance are the olive boughs‚ strewn at the alter steps as
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character‚ daughter of Oedipus (the former king Theban who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother‚ and who renounced his kingdom upon discovering his action) and her fight to bury her brother Polyneices against the edict of her uncle‚ Creon‚ the new king of Thebes. It is a story that pits the law of the gods “unwritten law” against the law of humankind‚ family ties against civic duty‚ and man against women. Many playwrights in Ancient Greece used mythological stories to comment on
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terms matching 12 character/symbol matching: LOTF 2 Short essays Characters in no particular order 1. Creon 2. Antigone 3. Danae 4. Eteocles 5. Polyneices 6. Oedipus 7. Choragos 8. The Chorus 9. Haemon 10. Ismene 11. Niobe 12. Ares 13. Aphrodite 14. Menoikeues 15. The Sentry 16. Eurydice Lit terms and Persuasion: 1. Dynamic character 2. Static character 3. Symbolism 4. Imagery 5. Prosody 6. Archetype 7. Motif 8. Situational irony 9. Verbal irony 10. Dramatic irony 11. Tone 12. Mood 13. Foil 14. Claim
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characters‚ specifically to the text of Antigone and Night. Students will understand the archetype of the fairy tale‚ in reference to The Princess Bride. Students will understand and apply characteristics of Modernism‚ in reference to Night. Students will understand the elements of the HERO archetype‚ and be able to analyze a traditional hero in Prince Westley‚ a feminist hero in Antigone‚ tragic hero in Creon‚ and finally‚ a real life example of a survivor hero in Elie Wiesel. Students will
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The two started off as uneducated women stealing from the rich; later they would become the prospectors that they dreamed of before they started. Along with this the duo is a prime example of the enabler and maiden archetypes. These archetypes link with the theme of the story; unconsciously using people can be detrimental to any relationship in society and or personal life. Aubergine thought she was helping Clara when she took her away from Florida. Aubergine wonders throughout
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Interpretation of "Oedipus Rex"[Die Suche nach der Schuld. Sophokles ’ "Oedipus Rex"‚ Aristoteles ’ "Poetik" und das Tragödienverständnis der Neuzeit] The Classical Review 57.1(2007):18-20. Jstor. Web. 1 May 2013. Kallich‚ Martin. "Oedipus: From Man to Archetype." Comparative Literature Studies 3.1 (1966): 33-35. Rpt. in Drama for Students. Ed. David M. Galens and Lynn M. Spampinato. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale‚ 1998. Literature Resource Center. Web. 20 Apr. 2013. Knox‚ Bernard. “Introduction to Oedipus the King
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Aristotle describes the tragic hero as “not eminently good and just‚ not completely under the guidance of true reason‚ but as falling through some great errors or flaw of character‚ rather than through vice or depravity.” Oedipus largely embodies the archetype of Aristotle’s tragic hero in the sense that he is an imperfect man with virtuosity‚ becomes victim to his own tragic flaw‚ and arouses a sense of pity and fear onto spectators of his fate. Aware of Oedipus’ predetermined fate‚ any audience must
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