Plot 1
This is the name of the city in which the play takes place.
Thebes
This is Oedipus' brother-in-law who visits the oracle of Apollo at the beginning of the play.
Creon
This type of irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not.
Dramatic Irony
This is the author of Oedipus, the King.
Sophocles
This is what Greek actors typically wore on stage.
Huge masks (so that the audience could see facial expressions and identify characters from far away.)
This is how Oedipus became king.
He solved the riddle of the Sphinx.
This is how Oedipus and Jocasta felt at the news of King Polybus' death.
Relieved; they believed Oedipus had escaped the prophecy of killing his father.
This type of irony occurs when a character says something, but there is a hidden meaning behind what he or she says.
Verbal Irony
This is why the ancient Greeks wrote and performed plays.
They wanted to honor Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! This is what an ancient Greek theater was shaped like.
An amphitheater.
Plague, famine, death; the murderer of King Laius must be found and punished.
This is the part of Jocasta's story about Laius' death that disturbs Oedipus.
This type of irony occurs when the opposite of what is expected happens.
Situational Irony
This is the theme or lesson to be learned that Sophocles wanted to teach through Oedipus, the King.
This is how many actors were usually on stage at one time.
Two or Three
This is the blind prophet who accuses Oedipus of murder.
This was the fate of Oedipus and Jocasta.
Jocasta hangs herself. Oedipus stabs out his eyes with the pins of her dress. Oedipus is banished from Thebes.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! When the audience knows that Oedipus has married his mother, but he is still oblivious to that fact, this is an example of what kind of irony?
Dramatic Irony
This was the role of the chorus in Greek plays.
They danced and said lines in unison.
This is what Sophocles added to Greek Drama (3 things).
painted sets, more chorus members, increased actors from 2 to 3
This is why Jocasta doesn't believe in prophesies.
Jocasta and Laius received a prophecy that their first-born son would kill Laius and marry Jocasta, so they pinned their first baby's ankles together and left him on a mountain to die. Jocasta believed the prophecy never came true.
This was the shepherd's relationship to Oedipus and his role in revealing the truth.
The shepherd was the one who took baby Oedipus from Jocasta and left him on the mountain. The shepherd was also the man who witnessed Oedipus kill Laius.
When Jocasta says, "May you never find out who you are!" this is an example of what kind of irony?
Verbal Irony; Oedipus thinks she is ashamed of his parents because he might be the son of a slave, but really she knows the truth and hopes Oedipus never finds out.
This is what is meant by the Greek term peripeteia.
"Reversal"
This is what is meant by the Greek term anagnorisis.
"Realization"