Review the Start of Oedipus

Oedipus became king of Thebes because

• he married Jocasta

• he solved the riddle of the Sphinx

• he stopped the plague

• he won a battle

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Creon went to see

• the Sphinx

• King Laius

• Tiresias

• the oracle at Delphi

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Thebes is dying because (choose all that apply)

• there is a plague

• crops and cattle are dying

• they have to punish the murderer of Laius

• the Sphinx must be avenged

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

He murdered Laius, but he doesn't know it:

• Oedipus

• Tiresias

• Creon

• Chorus Leader

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Tiresias tells Oedipus that he has a problem. What is Oedipus's flaw?

• he is unintelligent

• he marriage isn't real

• he has a quick temper

• he isn't the true king of Thebes

Tiresias predicts that several things will happen to Oedipus before the end of the day. Choose all that apply.

• he will be blind

• he will learn the truth about his marriage

• the Sphinx will return and kill him

• he will be exiled from Thebes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

The dialogue between Oedipus and Tiresias can best be described as

• man vs. man conflict

• imagery

• alliteration

• 1st person narration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

About Laius and finding his murderer, Oedipus says, "So I shall fight for him, as if he were my own father" (16). Explain why this is dramatic irony.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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