1. The exposition, rising action are when Oedipus is introduced with his brother Creon and wife Jocosta. It explains the background behind how Oedipus got to be king and how he saved the city of Thebes from the Sphinx after their king died. He needs to save the city again and this leads him to try and find the murder of the first king. The first climax is when he is talking to the prophet who tells him that Oedipus was the murderer after Oedipus gets mad at the prophet for not initially telling him. This leads to Oedipus being ousted by Creon and being paranoid that he is trying to over throw him. The second climax is when Oedipus finds out everything; he killed his father who was the king of Thebes and he married his mother. This was the prophecy he was told in his home town so he was suppose to be killed by the messenger but the messenger never killed him and he grew up to fulfill the prophecy even after he did not want to. The resolution is Oedipus gouging his eyes out and Jocosta killing herself. Creon banishes Oedipus and he went from king to exiled.
2. The theme is ironic fate and how somethings are out of our control. Oedipus knew he didn't want to be a man who married his mother and killed his father so he took precautions to avoid it. Even with the precautions of moving away, the imminent future of himself was something he could not control and was bound to happen. It was ironic that the thing he was running away from was with him the whole time; himself.
3. The tone is anxious and angry. Oedipus was first anxious about helping his people but that soon turned into greed and anger. He always had this idea and anxiety about his past and if his fate was dooming towards him and this leads to his decisions that he makes. He chooses to not help his people and focus on saving his own self when he was accused of murder because he is scared that he actually was the one to do it and his past his catching up to him. He accused Creon which leads to his fate being uncovered and again Oedipus is anxious about what had happened and wants to leave to see where his life will take him.
"Tell me then, what has brought you all here? Is there something you are afraid of? Is there something you need from me? Tell me and it will certainly be granted! Otherwise what sort of a man would I be if I had not enough compassion to help you, you, my very own folk, with all my heart?"
"Well then, I utter these words: In your ignorance, you conduct the vilest acts with those closest to you. Vile acts of which you are ignorant and which you cannot see."
"He took out the golden brooches that held her dress and plunged them deep into the sockets of his own eyes so that they’ll never again see what evil things he’s done nor any of those deeds he might do in the future. In darkness they’d always be and therein they’d receive those things he’d want to receive and not receive those he wouldn’t want to receive.
4. 1. irony
"he won’t remain here while he’s fallen in the grips of his own curses."
2. parralelism"What pain! What loathsome Fate! What appalling Fate!"
3. aphorism
'Better to be dead, I should think, than to be alive and blind."
4. anaphora
"Such circumstances bring about double suffering, double pain and double burdens!"
5. foreshadow
"dreadful prophesies, prophesies like, one day I would become my mother’s husband, or that I would give birth to a generation hated by all mankind, or that I would murder my father!"
6. monologue
"Since...malignant shame!"
7. both protagonist and antagonist
"Oedipus:"
8. personification
"Arrogance overfed with vanity and bloated with unearned riches, will turn a man into a tyrant"
9. setting
"King of our
10. imagery
"A despicable pestilence, my lord, has taken our
Characterization
1. "Look at us! We are all here, gathered around your altars, praying. See? All the ages of men are here: the youth, whose wings have yet to spread wide enough for flying far and the old men whose head and back are bent with years" Direct because literally saying that there are a multitude of men and women of all ages. Indirect because this shows how dedicated the people are to helping the cause and how much they trust oedipus in fixing the problem This also shows Oedipus as a man who is trustworthy and had gained the liking of the people he rules.
"Yes, I can speak of it. Apollo told me once that I would be my mother’s husband and my father’s murderer, so I left
2. No the author uses the same syntax and diction for all the characters generally except fro when the Chorus speaks. The chorus is more direct and has the summary of what is going to happen or of what people think that were not directly involved in the ocurances. They explained how people hated Oedipus after he accused wrongfully people of the murder of the old king. They told Oedipus that he was wrong for what he did and they are the voice of reason in the play, but they are not actually involved in the story but more of an over voice while the events play out.
3.Main character is dynamic but flat. He has the innate qualities of greed and anxiety that do not come out until he is directly in trouble. He was first seen as a man of high royalty and power and every one looked at him with respect. As the play continues he loses that respect from self destruction and getting involved in things he could not control. This led his downfall and his true character came out which was selfish and fearful. He changed from confident and powerful to exiled and blind with imperfections. He always had these characteristics which makes him flat.
4.I felt as if I was in a movie and was detached. I didn't the emotions as I though I would have in a play but that might have been because I couldn't put pictures to the words. I felt as if I was hovering over the situations and was an actual reader rather than someone in the moment with them, feeling their pain. "O, how gruesomely clearly it has all unravelled! O light! Let me enjoy you for one last time. One last time from the time I was born, for I was born from the wrong parents, I was bonded with the wrong people and I have killed those I should have never killed!" I don't feel his pain and although it is a sad part in the play when he finds out his fate has come true, the climax does not add anything else to the play. It is dramatic and I read it fast because I was intrigued but not "fully there." I felt his words were hollow maybe because I had a perception of him as not a good man or a man trying to change his fate which could have clouded my judgement.
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