Quotes
who said this?
”your agony comes to each one of you as his alone, a special pain for him and no one else. But the soul inside of me sorrows for myself, and for the city, and for you-all together.”
Oedipus
At the end, Oedipus did what to his eyes?
What is the unseen force that Greeks believed determined everyone’s life?
Fate
This word for excessive pride causes Oedipus to believe he can outsmart fate
Huburis
teriesias says, ”well, in solving riddles, are you not the best there is” what is this in reference to.
Oedipus defeating the sphinx
Jocasta and Laius did what with baby Oedipus?
They had him abandoned in the mountains so the prophecy wouldn’t come true
What is Oedipus’s hamartia (fatal flaw)
His Pride/hubris
Oedipus is prideful in his defeat of this mythical beast
The sphinx
Who said this
”Fear? What should a man fear? Its all chance”
Jocasta
What does Oedipus think Creon and Teiresias are plotting against him
Plotting against him to take his throne
This group comments on what happens in the play and can act as the voice of a group or society?
The chorus
Oedipus can not accept the truth and accuses who of plotting against him?
Creon and Tiresias
Who said this
“you are obstinate, obviously unhappy to concede, and when you lose your temper, you go to far”.
Creon
Oedipus threatened the messenger with what?
Torture
At the end, Oedipus becomes aware of his role in the problems, what is this step of the hero’s journey called?
Anagnorisis
In Greek tragedies, excessive pride like opposes leads to what?
A character characters downfall