Oedipus Trilogy Notes PDF

# Literature Review Sheets ## **Dedipus** **Author:** Sophocles **Prominent Characters:** | Character | Characteristics | |---|---| | Oedipus | hubris-filled, king, killer, aloof | | Grean | humble | | Trenns | prophet, blinded and wise, brutally honest | | Joiasta | cunning, haughty, ruthless...

# Literature Review Sheets ## **Dedipus** **Author:** Sophocles **Prominent Characters:** | Character | Characteristics | |---|---| | Oedipus | hubris-filled, king, killer, aloof | | Grean | humble | | Trenns | prophet, blinded and wise, brutally honest | | Joiasta | cunning, haughty, ruthless | | Chorus | observant, talkative | **Major Plot Events:** - Oedipus discursing his gritty village hatred dead Loves and married Joasta - Oedipus finding he believes he is not, killed by own father - Oedipus helps solve the murder by killing the murderer - Prophets tell Oedipus he would kill his father and marry his mother **Point of View:** All 3rd person **Notable Text Structure Features:** - dramatic irony - tragic font - allusions - prophecies **Climax of the Story:** - String be - brend on - gpaity - hent of - wi - den - of mucks and being cursed - losing wittelmam to suicide - what he vand **Resolution:** - Oedipus is deposed - Oedipus tries to Crown himself **Major Themes/Philosophical Arguments of the work:** - Fule Fight Foter - Pahinie in bemisty **Major Literary Devices:** - Dramatic irony - Peripteten - Hamarka **List Any Significant Quotes:** - "Mong into pells hers bithis... the state and the light and make his the be agters mask." **Thesis Statement #1:** - Adrien hand to Ortipus Mein beand it caused him to kid a - Hetty wrx on the mads of Caius who forme aut - To be him, and it het to the dove propery at Tiresians. **Thesis Statement #2:** - Reales ammel toe het wet chalpos family - trial to and pure tire, perhaps their the worldve - ben Kindes. ## **Oedipus Rex** **Author:** Sophocles again **Prominent Characters:** |Character | Characteristics | |---|---| | Antigone | just, thoughtful, caring of her family, stubborn, defiant, law-abiding, sad | | Oedipus | guilty, prideful, a little set in his ways, mental meltdown | | Imene | kind, sympathetic, ungression | | Green | blind, prideful, prideful, belligerent | | Theseus | brave, prideful | **Major Plot Events:** - Antigone and Calpy wonder into themy & Jupes biete imply and negaty - with herion King Theseus - Antigone is hitneypend by house all caly - Oedipus gets help from theseus - Jamene meds - how ling sam have forgether - dulipus curses - mintnter at - Huling Datipus - Myrices and Etacles withe re **Point of View:** 3rd Person **Notable Text Structure Features:** - Chorus is a den more - Oedipus has better and regntively - well as lots of allusion **Climax of the Story:** - Calfps hosting and at wriy has some to Polyure's - Lace **Resolution:** - Delpas dies in a Care **Major Themes/Philosophical Arguments of the work:** - Fule coms for us All. - Whataer Fallo says, goes. **Major Literary Devices:** - Namatia - Periphten - Catersis **List Any Significant Quotes:** - "Oh my her, I'm at u ban! Shall I for at fors oun calamities fer this my er sotry sight - my decrepit father?" **Thesis Statement #1:** - We god do give and feet bat abert mistaheng but it is reulkas to lash out at family members libe Caliper dess to his Sn Olymices. **Thesis Statement #2:** - It Outper of severe or dse 15 pridekel as hin can to contnteress and accentitaty, angere con. ## **Antigone** **Author:** S-O-P-H-O-C-L-E-S **Prominent Characters:** |Character | Characteristics | |---|---| | Antigna | brave, geltless, rebellious | | Huemon | devoted, fighter-the, reballing, honest | | Urem | pricht, bergunt, uptod | | Ismere | grict, skition, selless | | Polyreias dend bouly | deal | **Major Plot Events:** - Polycerices" dead body is declared unburiable by Crown - Antigone gets against that "w" and then faces, resuit a rude aqualaning - Ismere is neit but dues then faces as death - Fully family dies by suicide athr the weight & what Cren hass clane, inckelly - Antigone yors listen the weight & what Cren hass clane, inckelly **Point of View:** 3rd Person **Notable Text Structure Features:** - Chores - allusion - prilogue **Climax of the Story:** - Antigones sentenced to death and then balling hissh - Beuny the chalyst at socides to Lean's hairly **Resolution:** - All of Cren's family chuying and he is left alone but his grict **Major Themes/Philosophical Arguments of the work:** - Corrupt under Pauer - Fabe enn nol bo Outpased - Civil Disobedime **Major Literary Devices:** - tragic flow - foreshadowing - catharsis - namatia - fagic end - suphusyne **List Any Significant Quotes:** - "Think, son, think! To err is human, true, and only bo is damed whe called having sinned will not repent, will." **Thesis Statement #1:** - Antigone, Heseman, and Rungchie all kill themscines due to what Crea nas done. Hond Creen not been niestated and ackel sour, Perhaps they will world been alive. **Thesis Statement #2:** - With the scorn of contary advice, hubris, and menderas mentality bounds rang human icaliplocks, Creer closely minors OG Oedpos.