PPT-Oedipus the King: The Tragic Hero

Inquiry Lesson the Tragedy httpsyoutubeeVRU5MVYNiwlistPLpomt1C5DeFMd7zIRzDApad1CEskB5l Have you ever been blind to a personal flaw Can someone escape fate Poor Thebes Thebes was traditionally one of the first . Tragic Hero?. Murderer?. Madman?. Victim?. Macbeth – . the tragic Hero. What is a “tragic hero”?. A character who . makes . an error of . judgment . or . has a . fatal flaw.. The. . error of judgment (believing in lies or gossip or threats) . . 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.. Frayer: Tragic Hero. Tragic Hero. Characteristics of a tragic hero: Major Four. Position: ( notes). Tragic Flaw: (notes). Reversal: (notes). Recognition: (notes). Vocabulary:. Peripetea:. Hamartia:. Catastrophe:. 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. . Tragedy. Drama where the central character(s) suffer disaster/great misfortune. Definition:. "Tragedy, then, is a process of imitating an action which has serious implications, is complete, and possesses magnitude; by means of language which has been made sensuously attractive, with each of its varieties found separately in the parts; enacted by the persons themselves and not presented through narrative; through a course of pity and fear completing the purification . “All men by nature desire knowledge.”- Aristotle. Tragedy. Tragedy - . Tragedy dealt with the big themes of love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods. Typically the main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been. Then, as he slowly realizes his error, the world crumbles around him. The three great playwrights of tragedy were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. . 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.. Antigone. A Look at Ancient Greek Tragedy. Day 1. Syntax: Run-ons . & comma Splices. A comma splice is two sentences joined together with only a comma; a run-on is two sentences joined together without any punctuation. . arouses . pity and fear in the audience so that we may be purged of unsettling . emotions…. This emotional release can be pleasurable and exhilarating, not depressing. This emotional release is known as . 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. Aristotle and the origin of tragedy. Aristotle created a definition of tragedy, and what we need to consider, is a) if Macbeth fits that definition and b) if not, can we still define Macbeth as a tragic hero.. 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..        Taylor Lindsey.        Sophia Jiang.        Emmanuel Yamba. Literal Meaning of the Prompt . Exact Wording:. In Oedipus the King, considering Barthes' observation, analyze a central question the work raises and the extent to which it offers any answers. Explain how Sophocles treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole..