TALK-ALOUD for WRITING IMPLEMENTATION LOG Name Carrie Caviness Date Sept. 1‚ 2008_ Grade 4th/5th grade |Collaboration |Planning: X YES ___ NO |Demonstration: X YES ___ NO | |Standard: #2 Writes in a variety of forms for different audiences and |Text (title‚ author‚ publisher) and Materials: | |purposes.
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OEDIPUS REX by Sophocles WebQuest INTRODUCTION You are patrons at the Festival for Dionysus and will be witnessing the first public performance of Oedipus Rex. Your task is to record your findings on the festival itself‚ the components of Greek theater‚ and how Oedipus Rex fit well into the classic definition of tragedy. TASK You will have three tasks to complete during this webquest: 1. The Festival of Dionysus ‐ You will travel to the below links and find information on the Festival of Dionysus
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Conflict can arise in many different situations. In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles’ and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams conflict was an ongoing issue and it takes many turns for better as well as for worst. Conflict is described as a clash between opposing forces. There are many different types of conflicts throughout the plays. The use of intrapersonal conflict‚ interpersonal conflict‚ and personal conflict in the play provide good examples of what the characters are dealing with. Man v. man
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on older works of art as well‚ including the Oedipus trilogy written by Sophocles.
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a tragic hero. By exemplifying the flaws of each character Sophocles and Isben create characters that seem detached‚ yet somehow relatable. In each play‚ “A Doll’s House” and “Oedipus the King”‚ the authors detach the characters by time or situation. Another way the authors do this is by adding a point where the readers begin to feel pity for the characters due to their personal dilemmas. Although separated by time‚ the plays share many similarities; both characters possess a flaw that creates a
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Oedipus the King by Sophocles is about Oedipus‚ a man doomed by his fate. Like most tragedies‚ “Oedipus the King” contains a tragic hero‚ a heroic figure unable to escape his/her own doom. This tragic hero usually has a hamartia or a tragic flaw which causes his/hers’ downfall. The tragic flaw that Sophocles gives Oedipus is hubris (exaggerated pride or self-confidence)‚ which is what caused Oedipus to walk right into the fate he sought to escape. Pride like that of Oedipus had
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Oedipus the King: Appetite for Destruction Of all the tragedies that Greek playwright Sophocles created in his illustrious career‚ the one that stands out as his masterpiece‚ and quite possibly one of the greatest of all the Greek tragedies is Oedipus the King. The tragedy focuses on the life and downfall of the unfortunate King Oedipus‚ who was condemned by the oracle at an early age to murder his father and marry his mother. Despite the oracle’s grim prediction‚ Oedipus was responsible
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Aristotle said “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles is the best Greek play ever written. The audiences might agree with Aristotle depending upon their understanding of the “healthy confusion” of both pleasure and perplexity portrayed. “Oedipus Rex” is one immense riddle that lifts the audience’s minds’ to a higher understanding of the human life. Greek culture would call this: Catharsis‚ which is purification of the mind. Thematic ideas in the play are derived from the axial age‚ which concentrated on logos
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Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer SSR Log #1 “Fire and ice‚ somehow existing together without destroying each other. More proof that I belonged with him.” -Bella Cullen‚ p. 237 This quote means how different Bella and Edward were my many standards‚ but how they were still in love with each other even if they were almost complete opposites. Many say that something can’t exist without their being something to contrast with it therefore balancing each other out and making each other whole. That’s
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the Oedipus Rex." Twentieth Century Interpretations of Oedipus Rex: A Collection of Critical Essays. Ed. Michael J. O ’Brien. Englewood Cliffs‚ NJ: Prentice‚ 1968. 17-29. Print. Driver‚ Tom F. "The Uses of Time: The Oedipus Tyrannus and Macbeth." Exploring Shakespeare. Online ed. Detroit: Gale‚ 2003. Student Resource Center - Bronze. Gale. Web. 16 Sept. 2008 . Foster‚ Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor. New York: Quill‚ 2003. Print. Grant‚ Michael. "Oedipus." Discovering
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