Oedipus vocab & play

What does Oracle mean?

• prophet

• A god

• religious figure who claims to have knowledge from a divine power

• Holy one

Who is usually the protagonist of a Greek Tragedy?

• Oedipus
• a greek god
• Jocasta
• a tragic hero

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

(v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

• respite
• beseech
• reverberate
• venerable

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The entrance of the chorus, usually chanting a lyric which bears some relation to the main theme of the play

• Hamartia
• Verbal Sparring
• Hubris
• Parados

What feelings does the protagonist in a tragedy induce in the audience?

• excitement and hope
• hope and fear
• pity and fear
• pity and anger

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Who is usually the protagonist of a Greek Tragedy?

• Oedipus
• a greek god
• Jocasta
• a tragic hero

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is the song sung by the chorus as it first enters the orchestra and Dances? 

• Paradox
• Parodos

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Why does a tragic hero experience a fall?

• due to a fatal flaw

• his family betrays him

• his wife divorces him

• to make audiences hate him

In what city-state did Oedipus grow up?

• Cary
• Thebes
• Sparta
• Corinth

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx and frees Thebes from the plague.

• True 
• False