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ThemePeople/Places Irony Other

Oedipus was born there and is the current ruler?

What is Thebes

He is the person who takes in Oedipus and Oedipus believes this

person is his real parent?

Who is King Polybus

Who said the following “he came seeing, blind shall he

go; Rich now, than a beggar; stick in hand,

groping his way to a land of exile.”?

Who is Teiresias, a

blind prophet

The prophecy foretold that Oedipus would

marry his mother and kill his father. Where did the murder of his

father take place?

What is the “crossroads.”

This kindly man saved Oedipus from certain

death?

Who is the Shepherd

What does Oedipus’ swollen foot symbolize?

What is the way in which fate has marked him and the way

his movements have been constrained since birth

What does Teiresias’ character

symbolize?

Oedipus’ blindness to the truth in the

beginning as well as Oedipus’ temper

What is the 3 way crossroad a symbol

for?

The crucial moment before the play begins

where Oedipus starts to fulfill prophecy; the paths

we take and crucial decisions we make.

What is symbolized by the sphinx?

Oedipus’ intelligence

What does Oedipus’ exile

symbolize?

Destruction, failure and a new beginning

Teiresias: “Have you eyes/ and are [blind to your own

damnation?]”

What is blind vs. sight?

The imagery used in regards to the gods and the prophecies

reveals this theme.

What is the evil nature of the Gods

Oedipus seeks this out and is devastated as a result of it

What is knowing thyself

This was the same Greek proverb that

Oedipus accused Creon of not adhering to.

What is nothing in excess

With the beliefs of man comes the era-old struggle of this

theme

What is fate vs. free will

“he came seeing, blind shall he go; Rich now, than a beggar; stick in hand, groping his way to a land of exile.”(who

is this directed at)

Who is Oedipus

“…Alas, has this disaster fallen; I mean to fight for

him now, as I would fight/for my own father…” (what type

of irony)

What is dramatic irony

“you are pleased to mock my blindness.

Have you eyes, and do not see your own

damnation?" (type of irony)

What is situational and dramatic irony

“Living in perpetual night, YOU cannot harm me, nor any

man else that sees the light.” (who is the

you)

Who is Teiresias

“with eyes wide open for profit, but

blind in prophecy?” (type

of irony)

What is dramatic irony

When Oedipus blinds himself

what is symbolized?

What is his blindness to the

world, but knowledge of what

matters

“He pierces his eyeballs time and time again, till bloody tears and shame,

all ills that there are names for-all are here.”

(what is represented)

What is perepeteia

When Oedipus implies that he will answer the citizens’ prayers, he shows

this.

What is hubris

“Alas! All out! All known, no more concealment! O light!

May I never look on you again, Revealed as I am,

sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in

shedding of blood!” (what is represented)

What is anagnorisis

This work is one of Sophocles’ ___________. It was written _______,

but ________ chronologically

What are: tragedy, last (or third),

first

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