Unraveling the Riddle of Oedipus Study Guide PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER’S STUDY GUIDE Oedipus the King by Sophocles Translated by William Butler Yeats September 28 – October 29‚ 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS SOPHOCLES Sophocles’ Life 3 Works by Sophocles 4 THOUGHTS FROM THE DIRECTOR 5 OEDIPUS THE KING Synopsis 6 Characters 7 Glossary 8 The Translator 9 Themes 10 The Riddle of the Sphinx 11 ANCIENT GREECE Daily Life 12 Why Ancient
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Othello - Notes on Play * Takes place over three days * “Double time” * Quick same and location changes→ speed up the plot and tension * Domestic * Evil = Othello in one word * Why does Othello choose to believe what Iago says about his wife’s faith‚ and not Desdemona’s → Iago’s only evidence is a handkerchief → Tells us that Othello is easily manipulated * Raises the question of what Othello’s relationship is with Iago? Things to think about when reading the text:
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for participation in male activities while at the same time having an aura of sexuality surrounding her. For example‚ some sources say that Atalanta was one of the Argonauts. Atalanta was even wounded in a battle with the Colchians and was healed by Medea‚ who was also on the voyage. But at the same time‚ other sources say that Jason refused to let Atalanta go on the voyage because she was a woman. One male activity Atalanta definitely participated in was the Calydonian Boar Hunt. Other male members
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Therapeutics of Kidney Diseases Am J Nephrol 2002;22:284–289 Now and Then‚ the History of Parenteral Fluid Administration Noha Barsoum Charles Kleeman UCLA School of Medicine and West Los Angeles VA Medical Center‚ Los Angeles‚ Calif.‚ USA Key Words History of medicine W Intravenous fluids W Blood W Blood transfusion W Cholera W Bloodletting The Circulation Abstract The use of blood and intravenous fluid therapy is now considered routine therapy. The level of sophistication that we
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these first heroes were great benefactors of humankind: Hercules‚ the monster killer; Asclepius‚ the first doctor; Dionysus‚ the creator of Greek fraternities. But people who had committed unthinkable crimes were also called heroes; Oedipus and Medea‚ for example‚ received divine worship after their deaths as well. Originally‚ heroes were not necessarily good‚ but they were always extraordinary; to be a hero was to expand people’s sense of what was possible for a human being. Today‚ it
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Current Look The Car Magazine is one of the largest selling specialist or male interest magazine in South Africa. Approaching 50th Anniversary‚ Car Magazine enjoys and average readership of about nine hundred thousand readers per issue In the fifty years which is a significant mile stone for the local magazine‚ Car Magazine has only had five different editors which is indeed and unusual turnover for the fast moving publishing industry. This signals stability as a positive
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Aristotle’s Poetics December 19‚ 2010 1. The Concept of Imitation In The Poetics‚ Aristotle asserts that literature is a function of human nature’s instinct to imitate. This implies that as humans‚ we are constantly driven to imitate‚ to create. By labeling this creative impulse an “instinct‚” one is to believe that this desire for imitation is a matter of survival‚ of necessity. The question then arises‚ of what does one feel compelled to imitate and in what way does it aid in our survival
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The Woods Dante’s Inferno opens in the setting on Good Friday in the year 1300. The voyager-narrator‚ Dante Alghieri‚ is lost in a dark forest in the middle of the night. Dante doesn’t recall how he came into the woods and blames it on how he was so full of sleep at the point where he abandoned the right path. Right as he is about to lose hope‚ he sees the sun rising over the mountainside and as he attempts to reach it‚ Dante is stopped by three beasts; a leopard‚ a lion‚ and a she-wolf. Dante
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LITERATURE “Literature is the mirror of the society” The adage above is one of the most commonly used definitions of Literature… cliché as it may sound‚ still‚ it is true. Literature traces the past‚ mimics the present‚ and sometimes‚ it also predicts the future. A piece of literature describes a milieu‚ a collection of it may describe an epoch‚ and the great ones determine what will be. Great as it sounds; literature’s power is still under the control of the human mind. A well written
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ticsTHE POETICS OF ARISTOTLE A TRANSLATION BY S. H. BUTCHER A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication THE POETICS OF ARISTOTLE trans. S. H. Butcher is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file‚ for any purpose‚ and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis‚ Faculty Editor‚ nor anyone associated
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