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 Greece Matters 13 Ancient Greek Theater 14 Modern Greece 16 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 17 ACADEMIC STANDARDS 18 2 SOPHOCLES Sophocles (495-405 B.C) was one of the
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Oedipus A Tragic Hero English 102 Literature and Composition Summer B 2011 Terry Garofolo 22816762 APA Sophocles presented the world with Oedipus around 2500 years ago. Never-the-less‚ the story remains among the most riveting of all time. Unfortunately‚ today when we hear the mention of the name Oedipus we place negative connotations around it. Oedipus‚ after all‚ had an unnatural sexual relationship with his own mother! In actuality‚ however‚ this relationship emerged entirely innocently
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made Oedipus the King of Thebes? It all started with the legend of the Sphinx‚ a terrible monster in the Ancient Greece‚ whose body is consist of a lion‚ with wings of an eagle‚ and whose head is a head of a woman which had been sent to earth by the Gods to terrorize the land of Thebes to have a revenge on the former King‚ Laius‚ who raped a prince from another kingdom. All citizens of the poor city will be asked by the Sphinx by his riddles‚ a mind blowing riddle‚ and those who cannot answer‚ will
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machine and travels into the future seeing the pattern of years going by‚ but finally stops in the year of 802‚701. The time traveler meets a species called the Eloi‚ and witnesses the environment that he calls a “paradise”‚ he also witnesses the white sphinx that stood before him as he scouted out the new world
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Even though he committed a crime and unknowingly married his mother‚ there is some merit to his accomplishment of defeating the Sphinx. Because Oedipus granted Thebes salvation from this terrifying creature‚ the Theban people continue to feed his ego and reinforce his false sense of authority. They believe that without Oedipus‚ their city would be extinct. In addition‚ Oedipus incites
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acceptance and guilt. Throughout these different stages in his life‚ he reveals to his audience who he really is. Oedipus believing he is innocent is part of the form in this play. Oedipus has come to the throne of Thebes by solving the Riddle of the Sphinx. There is a plague upon Thebes which Oedipus desires to heal. Creon returns to the palace after his visit to the Pythian House of Phoebus‚ an oracle. The oracle has said that the only way to cure the illness in Thebes is to find the man whom killed
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the object or person and making the otherwise insignificant subject a meaningful part of the story which can help you analyze the true symbolic value of the subject. An example would be the White Sphinx; it is a meaningless statue but Wells brings it into the story to show that there is meaning. The Sphinx represents the barrier in between time‚ an obstacle he must destroy to go back to where he belongs. The Time Traveler went through many stages of emotional troubles throughout the novel. At the
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but when he did so‚ he had not known she was his mother. He married Iocaste when he saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx. He was crowned king of Thebes and was acknowledged as a wise man rather than a sinner by the people of Thebes. No one knew of his biological parents and neither did Oedipus. He should not be blamed for what he did not know of. As for the curse of the Sphinx‚ Oedipus solved the riddle and was honored by the people of Thebes. Although he did know of the prophecy‚ it would be
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September 24‚ 2011 Formal Analysis: Marble stele (grave marker) of a youth and little girl with capital and finial in the form of a sphinx; accession number: 11.185a-d‚f‚g‚x Marble stele (grave marker) of a youth and little girl with capital and finial in the form of a sphinx‚ the most complete grave monument of its type to have survived from the Archaic period. 1 The monument is made with marble; the total height is 13 feet and 10 11/16 inches. The monument depicted two young people‚ a
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red‚ and black. These colors suggest eeriness and mystery. The color red suggests anger and rage‚ which is possibly felt by the main character at some point in the novel. The four graphics on the cover are a sphinx‚ a pyramid‚ a temple and the close up of a man’s face. The sphinx and the pyramid immediately grasp hold of the reader’s attention because of the brightness and location of the images located right in the middle of the text. Also‚ these images show that the story is set in Egypt
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