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Words to Live by You Gotta Have Friends What’s the Story? You can say that again It’s All Greek To Me

Great pride

hubris

A release of pent-up emotion

catharsis

A startling discovery or moment of epiphany

anagnorisis

A sudden reversal in fortune from good to bad

peripetia

A character flaw in the protagonist

hamartia

The rightful heir to the throne of Thebes

Creon

Mother and wife to the King of Thebes

Jocasta

Spectators of the events unfolding during the play

Chorus

The character who served as the mouthpiece of Apllo

Tiresius

This person begs Oedipus for his help

A priest

After finding Jocasta dead, Oedipus does this.

Blinds himself

Oedipus learns of his true identity after hearing from this character.

Herdsman

Oedipus saying “I will never come near my parents” is an example of this literary term.

Dramatic or situational irony

As he listens to Tiresius, Oedipus’ wild assumptions cause him to believe this

Creon is plotting against him

When Jocasta first comes on the stage, it is to do this.

Stop the fighting between Oedipus and Creon

“You mock my blindness, but you, who have eyes, cannot see the evil in which you stand.”

Tiresius

“May I never enjoy life, but perish under a curse, if I have don’t to you the things you say.”

Oedipus

“From now on, where oracles are concerned, I would not waste a second thought on any.”

Jocasta

“You do wrong to take good men for bad, bad men for good.”

Creon

“Judgments too quickly formed are dangerous.”

Chorus

It was the key to a character’s identity

mask

It is where the ancient Greek dramas were performed

Outdoor theaters

He was the first known actor

Thespis

This god was the subject of many early Greek dramas

Dionysus

A Latin term that now means an event that could not happen without divine intervention

Deus ex machine