PPT-Oedipus the King

also known by the Latin title Oedipus Rex is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed c 429 BCE Oedipus the King Link to Family Tree Images of Stage httpwwwaugedunprinskyHumn2001oednqhtm. Period 2 English. DD. Citizens begged the king to lift the plague. .. PLEASE!!! Lift the Plague!! WE BEG YOU!. I sent Creon to the oracle to find out what is wrong, my people!. We must find the murder of . In what city does the play take place?. What is happening there?. Who is Oedipus?. What news does Creon bring from the oracle?. What happened to King Laius?. What does Oedipus promise to do to end the plague? . Oedipus The King. Major Characters. Oedipus. Creon. Chorus. Tiresias. Jocasta. Messenger. Oedipus. King of Thebes. Ruled by fate from Apollo. Destined to marry mother and kill father. Raised by King and Queen of Corinth. Sophocles’ . Oedipus at Colonus. 1. Agenda. Recap and Update. OAC. Intro, Background, etc.. Tragedy in Performance. “A Little to the Left?” (What’s Oedipus stepped into?). Oedipal Reversals. Oedipus Rex. The Riddle of the Sphinx. The Sphinx had been terrorizing Thebes for many days. . Sphinx – half woman and half lion. She crouched by a precipice (cliff) near the highway and posed the same mysterious question to every passer-by. . Ms. Bailey. Sophocles. Born in . Colonus. , Greece in 494 BC. Died in 406 BC.. Was acting in theaters since he was 16 years old. . Went on to write some of the most well-known Greek tragedies.. Oedipus background. Anticipation Guide. Characteristics of a Sophocles Tragedy. A Greek Tragedy Structure. The Role of the chorus. The Sphinx’s Riddle. Oedipus Myth. Characteristics of a Sophocles tragedy:. It is based on events that already took place and with which the audience is familiar. . 13.04.2013. LECTURER. Dr. . Manimangai. Mani. Room : No. 4 . Muzium. . Warisan. . Melayu. , Blok C . Fakulti. . Bahasa. . Moden. . dan. . Komunikasi. , . Universiti. Putra Malaysia.. Mobile No.: 016-5316715. Colonus. , . Antigone. The story of the cursed House of Thebes as taken from the following Sophoclean plays. The First Family of Greek Tragedy was the House of Cadmus, the royal family of Thebes.. Thebes was a real city in central Greece with real history, but there was a dark side.. 12-2 English. Miss Lindner. Where it begins…. Birth/Early Life of . Laius. Prince of Thebes. Father was killed in battle, too young to rule the country. Sent to live in Pisa with King . Pelops. Raised with . 8 December. Warm Up. : Grammar Notes. Essential Question. : What are phrases and clauses?. Today’s Agenda. :. Grammar. Finish Reading Part 1 of Oedipus. Tomorrow’s Agenda:. Continue reading Oedipus. Adith.  Ram, Abby . Ghorbani. Prompt . In "Oedipus the King" choose and describe an "illuminating" episode or moment and explain how it functions as a "casement," a window that opens onto the meaning of the work as a whole.. Ben Fa, Elizabeth Hoang, Adam Houghtaling, Sovannah Thou, Jenny Yu. Literal Meaning of the Prompt. Prompt: Discuss the sympathy towards Oedipus, Jocasta, Antigone and . Ismene. , or the people of Thebes. Should the sympathy lie with these characters or the people of the Thebes who watched the entire episode take part?. Eric Alvarez. Zabrina. . Calahatian. Nicholas Doan. Claire Jeffress. Sarah Salvador. Blindness and Sight. Why is this so significant concerning Tiresias and Oedipus.  Who all had sight regarding all the characters in the play?  Who all chose to be blind and why?  Oedipus was not the only character or god who was physically able to see but psychologically blind..