Show:
Tragic Hero
Relationships
Greek Gods
Oedipus
Anthem
100
His name means swollen foot
Who is Oedipus
100
She is the birth mother of our tragic hero
Who is Oedipus
100
He throws lighting bolts at mortals
Who is Zeus
100
Explain sight versus vision in this story
Oedipus had sight, but no vision. Then after he gained vision which was acknowledging the truth he lost his sight.
100
his name is an example of verbal irony from the novella Anthem
Who is Equality
200
He desperately wanted to know the truth even though it would be his downfall. What tragic quality is this?
What is the tragic flaw
200
He is the bother in law, the uncle, and the king at the end of the story
Who is Creon
200
He can make a boat sink or a tidal wave destroy a seaport
Who is Poseidon
200
What was the prophecy Oedipus was so worried about
What is he would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother
200
this discovery has the power to change the world. Unfortunately the scholars thought differently
What is electricity
300
Oedipus was born to noble parents then was later adopted by noble parents what tragic hero characteristic is this
What is noble birth
300
He is an oracle from Delphi that prophesied Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother
Who is Tiresias
300
He delivers messages with wing tipped shoes
Who is Hermes
300
Which city did Oedipus grow up in
What is Corinth
300
She probably had blond hair by her description
Who is the golden one
400
He gauged his eyes out and was exiled from Thebes. Which tragic hero characteristic is this
What is the punishment exceeds the crime
400
Their name represents the chorus throughout the story
Who are Choragos
400
She is the most beautiful of all the Goddesses
Who is Aphrodite
400
What crawls on 4 legs in the morning, walks on two legs in the afternoon and 3 legs at night. What is the answer and who proposed this riddle?
What is a man and the sphinx
400
Besides verbal irony tell me one thing that was ironic about the novella Anthem
What is situational irony where the smart people clean the streets and the less intelligent people make decisions for everyone.
500
Free will is nothing but an allusion handed down by the Gods. Apollo had different ideas for Oedipus. What tragic hero characteristic is this
What is fate
500
They raised their adopted son until he ran away trying to avoid his fate
Who are Polybus and Merope
500
He is the God of Thebes
Who is Apollo
500
He wrote over a hundred plays during his lifetime of which 7 still survive including Oedipus
Who is Sophocles
500
After they began their new lives together what names did they choose? Why are they significant
Who is Gaea and Prometheus because she is the mother to be of a future generation and he gave the power of electricity to his people which resembles the fire Prometheus gave humanity