Oedipus the King
He was destined to kill his father and marry his mother.
Who is Oedipus?
This play (read in Q1) is a tragedy.
What is Oedipus the King?
This is the primary setting of A Doll's House.
What is the Helmer's home?
What is A Doll's House?
He is the blind prophet who foresees Oedipus' downfall.
Who is Tiresias?
A tragic plot follows this arc.
What is a downfall?
This is Nora's reason for borrowing money.
What is to save her husband's life?
This is the focus of A Doll's House.
What is women's place in society?
His sacrifice causes the plague to be lifted.
Who is Oedipus?
This causes the downfall of the tragic hero.
What is his hamartia, or tragic flaw?
Mrs. Linde marries this character at the end of the play.
Who is Krogstad?
The tarantella dance symbolizes this.
What is Nora's desperation to maintain her marriage and family?
He seeks answers from the gods at the oracle of Delphi.
Who is Creon?
Catharsis is marked by this feeling in the audience.
What is pity and fear?
Torvald reacts by doing this when he reads Krogstad's letter revealing Nora's fraud.
The play's title refers to this.
What is Torvald's control over Nora?
They are Oedipus' adoptive parents, the king and queen of Corinth.
Who are Polybus and Merope?
This element of tragedy precedes the reversal.
What is recognition?
The ending of A Doll's House.
What is Nora leaves Torvald?
Both Nora and Oedipus experience this before the end of the play.
What is recognition?