5 Written Questions

1. excessive pride or self-confidence; it's the primary trait of the tragic hero; it's what will bring him down; Oedipus is excessively proud, has power, people come to him, people love him; saved his people from the sphinx
2. an order issued by someone in authority; Oedipus ordered that whoever committed the murder would be found and punished regardless of who it is
3. a humble request for help from someone in authority; the ply opens with the crying at the steeps of Oedipus-- they humbly ask him to save their children and their city as he did before
4. a means to an end; going to the Oracles (or the gods) is a means to an end as they either help them solve the problem or they fix it; bringing in Tiresias is...
5. of the greatest intensity, for example Oedipus has a very intensity temper, the supplicants who have gathered on his places steps suffer form profound sadness and profound

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. something that causes pain or suffering; suffering; the plagues the city's suffering; the children dying is an affliction; the murder is the cause
   1. Affliction
   2. Regicide
   3. Duplicity
   4. Supplication
2. a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess (they were harboring a murderer and is he isn't brought to juice, the city will be destroyed by this killer plague) prediction about the future (in Oedipus, these priests and priestess serve Apollo)
   1. Oracle
   2. Edict
   3. Carrion
   4. Hubris
3. freedom from pride; Oedipus is not free form pride. "Once more i must bring what is dark to light"; a sense of lowliness ; lowliness; Oedipus ain't got his either. "I, Oedipus, who bear the famous name" modesty, nope, Oedipus lacks it, he calls his people "My Children"
   1. Duplicity
   2. Hubris
   3. Humility
   4. Edict
4. murder of a king; the murder of Laius
   1. Regicide
   2. Humility
   3. Oracle
   4. Edict
5. someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) Tieresisus.... Jocasta says you can't put any faith in soothsayers because they predicted that their sou would kill Laius and marry her, so Laius had their so murdered
   1. Hubris
   2. Profound
   3. Oracle
   4. Soothsayer

5 True/False Questions

1. Duplicity → freedom from pride; Oedipus is not free form pride. "Once more i must bring what is dark to light"; a sense of lowliness ; lowliness; Oedipus ain't got his either. "I, Oedipus, who bear the famous name" modesty, nope, Oedipus lacks it, he calls his people "My Children"

   True        False

2. Decrepit → a means to an end; going to the Oracles (or the gods) is a means to an end as they either help them solve the problem or they fix it; bringing in Tiresias is...

   True        False

3. Carrion → dead and rotting flesh, Chorus in its song referring to the Sphinx is....

   True        False

4. Defilement → the state of being polluted; the city itself is polluted by the plague and also the murderer who has not been brought to justice; the crops are also defiled by the plague that's destroying them; Oedipus is defiled

   True        False

5. Accountable → responsible; Oedipus is responsible to his people to find out about he plague, find the murderer, and punish him, even if him is himself

   True        False