Worksheets05 Electra: pp. 78-82
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 7mins
Deception, falsehood, and trust relate to...
Electra's plan to trick her mother.
Clytemnestra's prayer to Apollo.
The Tutor's message for Clytemnestra.
Aegisthus' reasons for being absent.
A "magnificent figure" and "a man of such prowess and strength" = mainly ___.
foreshadowing
characterization
imagery
theme: DFT
He's wearing a disguise.
She's losing her eyesight.
It's not actually him.
It's been a long time.
Aegisthus
Orestes
Agamemnon
Atreus
The Pythian Games
The famous gamesa at Delphi
the Tutor's prophecy
the will of the gods
What does the previous question relate to?
gender & society
fate vs. free will
grief, mourning, & morality
What is the effect of the Tutor's saying, "On a subsequent day at sunrise, / he entered the lists of the chariot races, / competing with many charioteers..."?
It sets the scene.
It foreshadows his death.
It creates suspense.
It adds dramatic irony.
Annotate: ". . . the trumpets sounded. / Then they were off, / shouting to their horses, / slapping the reins in their grip, / till the whole stadium rang with the din of clashing / chariots / as the dust flew up and they pressed together."
allusion: orig. of races
theme: GMM
imagery: vivid
figurative language: metaphor
symbolic
foreshadowing
characterization
related to theme
theme
poetic license
imagery
figurative language
suspense
foreshadowing
figurative language
theme
The Tutor's retelling the details of Orestes' crash is...
foretold by the Oracle at Delphi.
reminiscent of Pelops'.
foreordained by the gods.
similar to Artemis' punishment of Agamemnon.
symbolism.
divine punishment for pride.
theme: DFT.
allusion.
Upon hearing the new of Orestes' death, Clytemnestra's reaction can best be described as...
one of relief.
mixed.
celebratory.
one of regret.
a crow
a rabid dog
a plague
a parasite
Nemesis, the goddess of ruin, invokes...
the theme of GMM
the theme of DFT
the theme of JR
the unnofficial theme of gender & society
of her habit of seducing men.
the importance Greeks placed on hospitality.
foreshadowing.
xenophobia in Greek culture.
