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Oedipus Rex
Greek Theater
Irony in stories
Irony Types
Words to know
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Who is Jacasta?
What is Oedipus' wife and mother.
100
The first actor
Who is Thespis?
100
When the audience knows that Romeo is watching Juliet on the balcony but Juliet does not know. This is _________ irony.
What is situational?
100
A health fanatic saying "That hamburger is so good for you" to someone they are training. Is this Irony? If so, what type?
What is verbal irony.
100
An excess of ambition or pride, ultimately causing the transgressor's ruin.
What is hubris.
200
The previous king of Thebes, murdered by Oedipus, Oedipus' father.
Laius
200
The festivals where the first drama was said to be found.
What is the Dionysia?
200
"The Interlopers" has mainly what type of Irony?
What is situational?
200
Type of Irony where you say the opposite of what you mean.
What is verbal irony?
200
Whole section not followed by a choral part.
What is Exodus?
300
Oedipus leaves his first home because of this prophecy.
He will kill his father and marry his mother.
300
The first plays were performed by how many actors?
One
300
Name an instance not already named of irony found in Romeo and Juliet.
What is the suicide scene or Juliet's despair over Romeo not Tybalt.
300
When the audience knows something that the actors or characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
300
Song during which the choral moves from right to left.
What is a strophe?
400
What is the fate of Jocasta?
She kills herself.
400
Used as a megaphone in the Greek theater.
What is the mask?
400
What is the biggest instance of irony found in "The Interlopers"?
The men make up and then get eaten by wolves.
400
The opposite of what you would normally expect.
What is situational irony?
400
Directly behind the Orchestra, it was a building used as an area into which actors could exit the scene to change costumes and masks.
What is the Skene?
500
This happens to Oedipus after he finds out who his mother is.
He gouges out his own eyes.
500
A person became an actor in Greek times by
Experienced performers trained in the art of public speaking were promoted to the status of an actor.
500
Name an instance of situational irony found in Oedipus Rex.
Oedipus leaves his home so he won't fulfill the prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother. It turns out they weren't his parents and he has killed his real father and married his mother. This is what type of irony.
500
An old man turns 98, he wins the lottery and he dies the next day. Is this ironic? Why or why not?
No it is not ironic because you expect a man to die in his 90's.
500
Passage on the left or right through which the chorus entered the orchestra.
What is the Parados?