Oedipus Day 2 427 and 428.notebook May 01, 2017 Irony List the 3 types and what you remember about each Dec 312:11 PM 1 Oedipus Day 2 427 and 428.notebook May 01, 2017 Aristotle’s 6 ingredients to Classical Tragedy: 1. Nobility The individual involved had to be a member of upper nobility in order to be a tragic hero. 2. Hamartia The tragic hero must have some kind of flaw (hamartia), which might include a mistake in judgment or Hubris (pride), the greatest sin of all. 3. Reversal The play must contain some type of obvious reversal. This might be a reversal in attitude or fortune. 4. Suffering Not all tragic heroes died, but all suffered. Sometimes the suffering was mental; however, it was always great suffering. 5. SelfAwareness or Knowledge This quality always comes to the character too late to do anything about it. 6. Pity & Fear The audience must feel these in order for a tragic hero to be real – pity: punishment was too great; fear: could be me. Apr 279:16 AM 2 Oedipus Day 2 427 and 428.notebook May 01, 2017 This is the story: When Laius (LIEus) and Jocasta, the king and queen of Thebes, had a baby, Laius went to the oracle at Delphi to ask about it. But the oracle told Laius that his son would murder him. Horrified, Laius ordered that his baby son should be exposed in the woods with a pin through his feet to keep him from crawling away. And a shepherd did this. But the baby was rescued and taken to the king and queen of Corinth , who wanted a son and couldn't have one, and they adopted him. The queen of Corinth called the baby Oedipus, which means swollen foot, on account of the pin through his feet. But she didn't tell Oedipus that he was adopted. When Oedipus grew up, he also listened to an oracle , and the oracle told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother. He was horrified, and ran away from Corinth that night, trying to escape his fate. As he traveled down the road in his chariot, with his horses , he came to a crossroads. Another chariot came to the crossroads at the same time, but it went through without letting Oedipus go. Oedipus was angry at this and got out and killed the other man. When Oedipus got to the town of Thebes, a little later, he found the great Sphinx there. The Sphinx sat in front of Thebes and asked everyone who came there a riddle. If you could answer it, the Sphinx let you go, but if you could not answer the riddle, then the Sphinx ate you. Nobody ever knew the answer. This was the Sphinx's riddle: What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening? Do You Know the An swer? When Oedipus answered the riddle correctly, the Sphinx was so upset that she killed herself. Oedipus went on into Thebes. So they made Oedipus their new king. As part of becoming the new king, Oedipus married the queen, Jocasta. Mar 168:43 AM 3 Oedipus Day 2 427 and 428.notebook May 01, 2017 Parts Oedipus A priest Creon Teiresias Jocasta Messenger Shepherd of Laius Second Messenger Chorus Choragos Antigone Ismene Suppliants Page Servants and Attendants Mar 162:03 PM 4 Oedipus Day 2 427 and 428.notebook May 01, 2017 Parts Oedipus A priest Creon Teiresias Jocasta Messenger Shepherd of Laius Second Messenger Chorus Choragos Antigone Ismene Suppliants Page Servants and Attendants Mar 162:03 PM 5 Oedipus Day 2 427 and 428.notebook May 01, 2017 Pear Deck 204211 Apr 1212:06 PM 6 Attachments Oedipus Intro.ppt
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