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World
Literature Journal Assignment #4—Oedipus
Rex Due: Sometime during Course
Week #4, January 21 through January 28. E Point Value—10 points. Directions: Please keep your notes from this assignment
in your journal. PPlease label this journal #
4--Oedipus Rex—Drama
Elements. & First, journey
to this web
page and study the classical plot line and the literature terms and
definitions. è
Then, as you read or watch Oedipus Rex,
note any of the above that you see in the play. 1. Draw the plot line of Oedipus Rex and label each of the five
steps with the event that represents it. 2. Also, identify the major
characters by their character type—flat, round, static, developing. 3. Finally, consider
this: Oedipus Rex was a religious play designed to teach its audience
about the gods and their relation to the gods. 4. With this in mind, state
the theme of Oedipus Rex. In other
words, what lesson or “truth” was the play designed to teach the audience of APlease remember that I
will ask you to submit your complete World Literature Journal to me at
the end of the quarter. |
