Part 1
What did Oedipus solve from the Sphinx?
What is a riddle
Where are Polybus and Merope from?
What is Corinth
Who is the former King of Thebes?
Whom is King Laius
What does a play open with that presents background information and conflict?
What is a prologue
What is the main character called? (hint: two words)
What is a tragic hero
What is taking over Thebes?
What is a plague
Who did Jocasta give Oedipus to?
Whom is the Shepherd
What is Oedipus' "adopted" father's name?
Who is Polybus
What is the name of a group of performers who speak and move together?
What is another term for tragic flaw?
What is a hamartia
How was King Laius killed?
What does Oedipus want after he hurts himself?
What is to be exiled
Who is the Prophet?
Whom is Teiresias
What is the first scene called that contains dialogue among characters?
What is a serious play recounting related events in the life of a prosperous person who experiences a downfall?
What is a tragedy
What does Oedipus accuse Creon of?
What is trying to take the throne
How does Jocasta hurt herself?
Who are Oedipus' daughters? (hint: two names)
Whom are Antigone and Ismene
What are additional songs called?
What are odes
What is another term for a rival character?
What is an antagonist
What is the setting of the play? (hint: country and city)
What is Thebes, Greece
Who takes care of Antigone and Ismene?
Whom is Creon
What is Oedipus' "adopted" mother's name?
Who is Merope
What is the final scene called?
What is an exodos
What is the term for a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows?
What is Dramatic Irony