Oedipus
What ends up happening to Oedipus? What ends up happening to Jocasta? Be specific.
Jocasta realizes Oedipus is her son and ends up hanging herself. Oedipus speared the pupils of his eyes with the golden pins found on Jocasta's clothes.
Who is Gertrude? What question about her gets brought up during the play?
The queen of Denmark who married Claudius after King Hamlet passed. Also, mother of Hamlet.
Question: Whether or not she knew about King Hamlet's death.
Where is Blanche from?
Laurel
" Fire, fire, fire!"
When and why does Blanche say this? What scene?
Blanche. After Mitch calls her unclean. Scene 9.
Explain your favorite play this year and why?
Your response.
Setting of Oedipus?
Thebes, Greece. 430 B.C.
Does Claudius feel guilty about his brother's death? Explain.
Yes, only shows the audience this behind closed doors. This is when Hamlet has a chance to kill him. Can't kill Claudius because then he will go to heaven.
Describe Stanley.
Abusive towards Stella. Works in a factory. Primitive. Hates Blanche.
"That girl calls me common"
Stanley
"Denmark is a prison"
Who says this and what is the type of figurative language?
Hamlet
Metaphor
Oedipus' tragic flaw? Also, means excessive pride and disrespect for the natural order of things.
Hubris
What is Hamlet's most famous speech about?
Suicide.
Explain the significance of the title.
Blanche rides on a streetcar named desire when first arriving in New Orleans. Blanche uses desire to forget about her past losses.
"You are married to my sister, are you not?" Who says this? Give context to the quote too.
Creon. Oedipus does not believe the text of the oracle from Delphi that Creon tells him about. Thinks Creon and Tiresias are conspiring against him.
Robin Williams. Osric.
What is the significance of the Shepard?
The former servant of King Laius. Took pity on the baby Oedipus and spared his life. The shepherd was also an eyewitness to the death of King Laius. When Oedipus commands the shepherd to tell him what he knows about Oedipus's origins, the shepherd refuses, and only relents under punishment of death.
Does not like him because he thinks Hamlet does not really love her(like Laertes says too). Also, different backgrounds. Hamlet will probably have an arranged marriage. Also, thinks Hamlet is mad over Ophelia.
When does Stella have power in the relationship?
"I am moved to pity by your misfortunes and your understanding of them, too. I wish I had never known you!"
Chorus
What movie clip did I show you to teach you about public speaking? And for what project did you have to public speak?
A clip from the Lizzie Mcguire movie.
What is the significance of the Sphinx?
Oedipus killed the sphinx. This made him the ruler of Thebes. Also, he got to marry Jocasta.
What drives the whole play? What caused events to unfold?
The killing of King Hamlet.
Name all of Blanche's losses. Also, what leads to her downfall? What event causes her to lose her sanity?
Belle Reve, her husband, her dignity, her job, and Mitch. The rape.
Ophelia
Elysian fields is the name of the street in our last play? What does Elysian mean? What does it relate to having to do with Greek mythology?
Relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise.
The Elysian Fields, also called Elysium, are the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous in Greek mythology and religion.