Characters
"The man of twists and turns"
Who is Odysseus?
What is the reason for a character's downfall?
What is a tragic flaw?
“Nobody -- that’s my name. Nobody -- so my mother and father call me, all my friends.”
What is The Odyssey?
Larger than life, brave warrior, clever
What is an epic hero?
Wife of Laius and Oedipus
Who is Jocasta?
Drunkard woman
Who is Mika?
What is literary analysis?
“Look at us! Is there a single woman among us who resembles virtuous Penelope in any way, shape, or form? Look at us! We’re all terrible! With no exception at all!”
What is Thesmophoriazusae?
When the parents set a pattern of evil and pass it to their children
What is generational sin?
Wife of Menelaus
Who is Helen?
Killed his mother to get revenge for his father's murder
Who is Orestes?
Chorus, tragic flaw, masks
What are characteristics of a Greek tragedy?
“Ah how shameless-the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone, they say, come all their miseries, yes, but they themselves, with their own reckless ways, compound their pains beyond their proper share.”
What is The Odyssey?
What themes tragedies have in common (2)
What are reversal of fortune and individual and the community?
Brother of Polynices
Who is Eteocles?
Greek Tragedian
Who is Sophocles?
The chorus represents this
What is the community?
“How terrible-- to see the truth when the truth is only pain to him who sees!”
The term for what Aristophanes is doing in his play by making fun of people
What is satire?
Wife of Creon
Who is Eurydice?
The son Thyestes had with his daughter in order to get revenge on his brother Atreus
Who is Aegisthus?
Instructs an audience on how to face suffering
What is catharsis?
“Wisdom is by far the greatest part of joy, and reverence toward the gods must be safeguarded. The mighty words of the proud are paid in full with mighty blows of fate, and at long last those blows will teach us wisdom.”
What is Antigone?
A common occurrence in all Greek texts
What is intervention of the gods?
Daughter of Agamemnon
Who is Iphigenia?