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Published on Dec 02, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GREEK TRAGEDY

IT RARELY ENDS WELL
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Athens

Apollo




Dionysus

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Rites of Passage

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THE HUNT

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CHILDBIRTH

Boys take life, girls give life

Chorus

Strophe and Antistrophe

Words you don't need to know:

  • Thymele
  • Tragoidia
  • Periaktoi
  • Ekklyklema
  • Deus Ex Machina
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HAMARTIA

I CAN'T HELP MYSELF

HUBRIS

I'm the best there is, was, and will be.

PATHOS

I feel you.

CATHARSIS

PERIPETEIA

ANAGNORISIS

"OH, CRAP!"

OEDIPUS REX

Sophocles

gods


humans


beasts

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EROS

DESIRE, LOVE
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NECESSITY
VS.
FREEDOM

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Patricide and Incest

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PLOT'S QUESTIONS

  • Who kills Laius?
  • Is it Oedipus?
  • Who is Oedipus?
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