1. Dialectical Journal Directions
Oedipus Rex
Dialectical Journal Directions

2. Prologue, Scene 1, Ode 1
You must have five entries for the prologue and five entries for scene 1.
You must have at least 1 entry for Ode 1.
Focus: blindness, illness (plague), Greek mythology, allusion, politics, tragic flaw

3. Scene II and Ode II
You must write 5 more entries for scene ii, and one entry for the ode.
Focus: Politics, blindness, pride/anger, Creon’s feelings about being king, tragic flaw, theme, foreshadowing, flashback