PPT-Oedipus: The Legend

122 English Miss Lindner Where it begins BirthEarly 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 . 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? . ENG4U1 – K. Martins. Psychoanalytic criticism. Psychoanalysis seeks to understand . how human mental and psychological development occurs. how the human mind works. the causes and – hopefully – the cures for psychological problems. Episode 4. The shepherd arrives who exposed the infant of . Laius. and escaped when . Laius. was killed. . . The . Herdsman (shepherd) reveals that he did not destroy the infant because he pitied the infant and gave it to someone far away from Thebes. (Refer to lines 1183-1191.). o. f King Arthur. Why is King Arthur important?. Ideals of British chivalry (perfect). Cultural history and values. Characteristics of a Romantic Hero. Mysterious Birth. Duke of Cornwall + Igraine + Uther Pendragon. Thinking Historically. Recall: . History is a . personal interpretation . of a . selective view . of the past.. Historians, like journalists, . create a narrative . based on their personal interests and assumptions.. . 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. http://www.aug.edu/~nprinsky/Humn2001/oed-nq.htm. & The Tragic Hero. What’s an Archetype?. Carl Jung – (1875 – 1961) psychologist . Developed concepts of introvert/extrovert and collective unconscious. Archetype – Universal patterns of thought, action, narrative that transcend culture, history, etc.. 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.. A Super Short Version. & . His Family Line. By the end of this class you should--. Feel like the fate of Oedipus’ family is doomed. Know the complex and incestuous family tree of Oedipus. Ben yusuf . Haley paluszak. Zach ressler . Alec lebiga. Period 4. Group 5. Prompt . Tone. – Grammar, behavior, character's reactions, what they are thinking, how should they react? There is no description on behavior but the grammar is a good indication of what should be occurring at any given moment.. 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?. Inquiry Lesson: the Tragedy. https://youtu.be/eVRU5MVYNiw?list=PLpomt1C_5D_eFMd7zIRzDApad1CEskB5l. Have you ever been blind to a personal flaw?. Can someone escape fate?. Poor Thebes!. Thebes was traditionally one of the first .