Oedipus
Antigone Themes
TKAM Quotes
Archetypes
Sadlier
100

Who are Oedipus's real parents?

Laios and Jocasta

100

What theme is about being ignorant to the truth vs. seeing things for what they truly are?

Blindness vs. Sight

100

Who says "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird"?

Atticus

100

What archetype is a comic character that may provide an element of comic relief?

The Fool

100

Unit 2: Possible, able to be done

Feasible

200

What was the prophecy Oedipus received at Delphi?

He would kill his father and marry his mother

200

What theme values loyalty to the country vs. loyalty to relationships

Citizenship vs. Family Loyalty

200

Who says, "Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough"? 

Scout

200

Which archetype is defined as a person who is in need of help or rescue and cannot get it themselves?

Damsel in Distress

200

Unit 3: To set right, remedy; Relief from wrong or injury

Redress

300

What is dramatic irony?

A literary device where the audience knows something the characters do not

300

What theme is the idea that our lives are predetermined vs. the idea that we make our own destiny

Fate vs. Free Will

300

Who says, "Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a bottle of whiskey in the hands of--oh of your father"?

Miss Maudie

300

What archetype is the great romantic whose primary focus is on obtaining and maintaining relationships?

The Lover

300

Unit 5: Rashness, Boldness

Temerity

400

What is Oedipus's punishment for killing his father?

He is shunned and exiled

400

What theme is about rebelling against the government?

Civil Disobedience

400

Who says, "It's like bein' a caterpillar in a cocoon, that's what it is. Like somethin’ asleep wrapped up in a warm place. I always thought Maycomb folks were the best folks in the world, least that’s what they seemed like”? 

Jem

400

Which archetype is defined as the character who ‘saves the day’ and embodies the characteristics that are especially valued within society to represent a model of virtue?

The Hero

400

Unit 6: Comfort, relief; To comfort

Solace

500

What is Oedipus tasked with doing at the beginning of the play and why?

Finding Laios's murderer to stop the plague on Thebes
500

What theme is about the instinctual morals that guide us? 

Natural Law

500

Who says, “There’s a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it’s dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead”?

Heck Tate

500

What are three archetypes that describe Don John?

Villain, Rebel, and Ruler

500

Unit 8: having great variety; numerous and diverse

Multifarious