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Act 4

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

"JOCASTA": ACT 4

BY ARIEL DAVIS, GUS FAREK, AND BRODY GROGAN

REVELATION

PARAPHRASING

  • Messenger arrives from Corinth
  • Jocasta is relieved
  • Oedipus refuses the throne
  • Jocasta realizes the truth
  • Messenger tells story

CONNOTATION/DICTION

  • "Silly"
  • "Glaring Blue"
  • "Strained"

CONTINUED

  • "Trembled"
  • "Cold god"
  • "Chilled"
  • "Freezing"
  • "Ice"

TONE

  • Fatalistic

SHIFT

  • Dramatic Shift
  • After third stanza
  • From relief
  • To desolation

TITLE

  • Revelation
  • It is the turning point for the poem

THEME

  • Bystanders of a tragedy can
  • have their lives equally
  • destroyed as the Tragic Hero.