Grammar
Oedipus Rex Vocabulary
Oedipus Rex Reading Comprehension
Oedipus Rex Analysis
Oedipus Rex Important Concepts
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Nouns: Fate, theme, writing, tragedies Pronouns: that Verbs: is, occurs
What are the nouns, pronouns, and verbs in the following sentence: "Fate is a theme that often occurs in Greek writing, tragedies in particular."
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Oracle
What is "an authoritative person who divines (tells) the future" ?
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fulfilling a terrible prediction
Oedipus left Corinth, the home of his youth, in an effort to avoid _______.
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Oedipus is pronouncing his own doom.
What is ironic about Oedipus's declaration of the curse against Laius's murderer?
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(noun) arrogance; excessive self-pride or self-confidence; overwhelming pride that, in classic tragedies, leads to a character's downfall
What is hubris?
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Nouns: road, Themes, Laius, father Pronouns: he, his Verbs: meets
What are the nouns, pronouns, and verbs in the following sentence: "On the road to Thebes, he meets Laius, his true father."
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"a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer insepction contains some degree of truth or validity."
What is a paradox?
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By answering a riddle
How did Oedipus save Thebes once before?
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Oedipus is really Laius's son.
In seeking Laius's murderer, Oedipus says, "I take the son's part, just as though I were his son." What is ironic about this statement?
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Nouns: each other's, identities, chariot, right-of-way Pronouns: they, whose Verbs: quarrel, has
What are the nouns, pronouns, and verbs in the following sentence: "Unaware of each other's identities, they quarrel over whose chariot has right-of-way."
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Nouns: King Laius, youth, scepter, Oedipus, chariot, part, oracle's, prophecy Pronouns: his, him, him Verbs: moves, strike, throws, kills, fulfilling
What are the nouns, pronouns, and verbs in the following sentence: "King Laius moves to strike the insolent youth with his sceptre, but Oedipus throws him down from the chariot and kills him, thus fulfilling part of the oracle's prophecy."
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A blind prophet
Who is Teiresias?
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Nouns: fate, Oedipus, Corinth, belief, Polybus, Merope, parents Pronouns: his, that, his, that, them, he, them Verbs: avoid, leaves, are, will, harm
What are the nouns, pronouns, and verbs in the following sentence: "Desperate to avoid his foretold fate, Oedipus leaves Corinth in the belief that Polybus and Merope are indeed his true parents and that, once away from them, he will never harm them."
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