Poetic Devices and Quotes... (no Diction or Imagery)
This is an example of what poetic device?
“Still achieving, still pursuing”- A Psalm of Life
What is parallelism?
This Greek concept of hospitality is violated repeatedly by the suitors and honored by characters like Eumaeus and the Phaeacians.
What is xenia?
Antigone’s appeal to the laws of the gods contrasts with Creon’s belief in this type of law.
What is civil law or man-made law or written laws?
This character says this: “But my nature is to love. I cannot hate”
Who is Antigone?
This is the main function of the Chorus in Greek tragedy.
To be the link between the audience and the actors, to be the voice of the audience's thoughts and feelings in the moment, through questioning and commenting.
This is an example of what poetic device?
“The edge of the sea concerned with itself” - Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
What is personification?
This Greek word meaning “of many twists and turns” reflects Odysseus’s cunning, adaptability, and complexity throughout his journey.
What is polytropos?
This blind prophet warns Creon that the gods are angry and disaster is coming.
Who is Tiresias?
This character says this: “A city which belongs to just one man is no true city”
Who is Haemon?
This was a specific function of masks in Greek tragedy.
Identified age, gender, emotion
These masks had exaggerated mouthpieces that amplified the actors’ voices.
Many were stylized into familiar character types that were easily recognized by the audience.
This is an example of what poetic device?
“‘Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!’/ Nothing beside remains.”- Ozymandias
What is irony?
This character gives Odysseus the herb moly to protect him from Circe’s magic.
Who is Hermes?
When Ismene offers to share in Antigone’s punishment, Antigone reacts by doing this.
What is rejecting her help and insisting on her own moral authority?
This character says this: “Hold back, you men of Ithaca, back from brutal war! Break off– shed no more blood– make peace at once!”
Who is Athena?
This is the correct order of Sophocles' Theban Trilogy.
What is Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone?
This is an example of what poetic device?
“a splash quite unnoticed /
this was /
Icarus drowning”- Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
What is enjambment?
In the recognition scene, Eurycleia identifies Odysseus because of this specific physical trait.
What is Odysseus' scar on his leg?
The Chorus warns that no mortal can escape this force, which becomes a central theme of the play.
What is fate?
This character says this: “We can race like the wind, we’re champion sailors too”
Who is King Alcinous?
A tragic hero must be of noble birth, have a tragic flaw that leads to their downfall, have relatively good intentions, and something else, according to Aristotle.
What is amends their ways and recognizes their flaws?
This is an example of what poetic device? “Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame”- The New Colossus
What is allusion?
This character tests Odysseus with a question about their bed to confirm his identity.
Who is Penelope?
Creon’s shift from unwavering lawgiver to broken man reveals Sophocles’ critique of this kind of leadership.
What is tyranny, authoritarianism, dictatorship?
This character says this: “Royal son of Laertes… You must travel down to the House of Death… there to consult the ghost of Tiresias, seer of Thebes”
Who is Circe?
This is the intended effect of a tragedy, according to Aristotle. (To achieve ____________ and to feel 2 things for the tragic hero.)
To achieve catharsis, or purging of unclean emotions. To feel pity and fear for the tragic hero.