oedipus ppt - sophocles

8/11/2019 Oedipus PPT - Sophocles

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Moira- fate

Hamartia- flaw

Peripeteia- a reversal

Anagnorisis-recognition

Catharsis- purging of emotion

Unity of time, place and action


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Purpose, Passion, and Perception

The play begins with apurpose, such as finding

the source of the plague in Oedipus

Then as the path becomes tangled and eventsunfold, the tragic figure begins an extensive

process of soul-searching and suffers an inner

agony--thepassion

Theperceptionof the truth involves a fate that

the tragic figure would rather not face. It might

be death or, as in Oedipusexile.


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Prologue

Established conflict

Parodos

Entrance of Chorus

Episodes/ Agons

Developed dramatic relationship between characters

Catastrophe

Down turn

Exodos

End of action


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The city is beset by a plague.

Oedipus solved the riddle of the Sphinx.

Creon has been sent to consult the oracle at Delphi.


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The chorus sings and appeals to the Gods

for a solution.

Dramatic Irony-


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If Id been present then , there would have been no

mystery, no long hunt without a clue in hand

Now my curse on the murderer. Whoever he isI curse

myself as wellif by any chance he proves to be an

intimate of our house here at my hearth, with my full

knowledge may the curse I just called down on him strike

me!


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You are the curse, the corruption of theland

Themevision/blindness


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The chorus is now worried-

The skilled prophet scans the birds and shatters me with

terror!

I cant accept him, cant deny him, don't know what to say,Im lost and the wings of dark foreboding beating-


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I hear King Oedipus levels terrible charges at me.

Who in his right mind would rather rule and live in

anxiety than sleep in peace?


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The chorus pleads with Oedipus-

The mans your friend, your kin, hes under oath- dont

cast him out, disgraced, branded with guilt on the

strength of hearsay only.


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A prophet? Well then free yourself of every charge!

Listen to me and learn some peace of mind: no skill in

the world, nothing human can penetrate the future.

He was swarthy and the gray had just begun to streak

his temples, and his buildwasnt far from yours.

So much for prophecy. Its neither here nor there. Fromthis day on. I wouldnt look left or right.


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Chorus now struggles with worry over mans pride-

Pride breeds the tyrant

Messenger arrives with news of Polybus death and Oedipus

adoption

Theme-- Fate/ free will

Jocasta says-

What should a man fear? Its all chance, chance rules our lives


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Chorus is hopeful- reassuring maybe Oedipus is the child of Apollo

or Pan or Dionysus

Sheppard arrives

Truth revealed The recognition and reversal happen at the sametime-

Peripeteia and Anagnorisis

Oedipus

Oh god- all come true, all burst to light! O light- now let me look

my last on you!


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But now for all your power Time, all seeing Time has

dragged you to the light, judged your marriage monstrous

from the start-

The son and father tangling, both one- Oh child of Laius,

would to god Id never seen you, never never!

Messenger delivers account of Jocastas death


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What grief can crown this grief? Its mine alone, my

destiny- I am Oedipus!


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Exodos

Illusion of human happiness

Chorus

now as we keep our watch and wait for the final day, count noman happy till he dies, free of pain at last.


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Hamartia- Oedipus's hamartia is hubris

Peripeteia Reversal ( the hero gets what he wants but what he wants turns

out to be destructive) Anagnorisis

recognition

Catharsis A purging of emotion by the audience that occurs when Oedipus

blinds himself.


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Echoes humanitys quest for identity and meaning in an

indifferent universe.

Themes

Fate/ free will

Ambition/pride

Vision/ blindness

Role of the Chorus

Concerned citizens who provide advice and guidance

Dramatic irony

When the audience knows something the characters do not.


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