Characters
Sight & Blindness
Crime & Punishment
Denial
Vocabulary
100
"My Mother, My wife, My mother, My wife!
Who is Jocosta.
100
Who is physically blind but can see the truth
Who is Tiresias
100
Killed by his own son
Who is King Laius
100
Who knows the truth but doesn't want to tell the truth for fear of retribution
Who is Tiresias
100
Define hubris
What is great pride.
200
Brother-in-Law and Uncle
Who is Creon.
200
Who is the sighted man who cannot see the truth
Who is Oedipus
200
Punishment threatened by Oedipus for the killer of former King Laius
What is death or banishment for the killer
200
Who Oedipus blames for being accused of murder
Who is Creon
200
Define Tragedy
What is drama where the main character falls into ruin because of a fatal flaw.
300
Polybus and Merope
Who are Oedipus' adopted parents.
300
What people go to and ask questions when they seek the truth?
What is an oracle
300
Sent own son to the mountains to die to avoid the prophecy coming true.
Who is Jocasta
300
Who says, "You are fatally wrong! May you never learn the truth of who you are."
Who is Jocasta when she doesn't want Oedipus to learn the truth
300
Define Dionysus
Who is the Greek God of wine and partying who was celebrated with theater.
400
Blind man who sees the truth.
Who is Tiresias
400
What Oedipus does when he can finally see the truth
What is he blinds himself
400
How does Oedipus punish himself when he figures out that he killed his father and married his mother?
What is stabs his eyes with Jocasta's brooches.
400
What tragic flaw keeps Oedipus from figuring out his fate earlier
What is hamartia (pride)
400
Define Sophocles
Who is the the author of Oedipus Rex.
500
Own children's brother
Who is Oedipus
500
What Jocasta does when she realizes the truth will be seen by her son/husband and everyone in Thebes
What is hangs herself
500
Two reasons why Oedipus blinds himself
What is he doesn't physically want to be able to see what he has done and he doesn't want to see/face his parents when he meets them in hell.
500
Group that tries to sway Oedipus into doing the right thing, and requires proof before swaying their own mind
What is the Chorus
500
Creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
What is Sphinx
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