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Oedipus | Ex former King of Thebes, marry his mom, killed his dad, gouged his eyes out of not being able to deal with his own guilt/ mistakes |
Creon | Now king of Thebes , brother in law of Oedipus, his son committed suicide and kills Antigone |
Jocasta | Ex queen, mom , and wife of Oedipus , killed herself after being embarrassed of finding out she had kids with her own son and married him |
Antigone | Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, helps her dad after being excluded from Thebes and buries his brother after Creon told her not to and comits suicide |
Tiresias | A prophet that warns both Oedipus and Creon in which they both don't listen |
Ismeme | Daughter of Both Jocasta and Oedipus Did not want to bury her brother |
Chorus | The chorus is the special effects the add on to make the story better represents regular people an contributes to the plot |
Shepard | Former servant of King larios Oedipus's dad he was supposed to get rid of Oedipus for good but he gave him to some one |
Corinth | The place where Oedipus was raised by his adopted parents |
Laios | Dad of Oedipus and ex king of Thebes, he gets killed by his own son |
Polybos | Adopted dad of Oedipus dies old age |
Merope | Adopted Mom of Oedipus dies due to heartbreak |
Theseus | Son of Argos, King of Athens, was the lover of Aridanne defeated the minotaur |
Polyneices | Son of Oedipus and Jocatsa, fights his own brother because he took his throne and they both die in the battle |
Eteocles | Son of both Oedipus and Jocasta fights his brother because he took the throne and he dies in the battle |
Eurydice | wife of Creon and mom of Haimon kills herself after not being able to bear the news of his son dead |
The Furies | They are female spirts of justice and vengeance they punish the ones who break the law of nature or gods, killing a parent of sibling, and people of break their Oath. Also called Erinyes (angry ones) |
Alecto | Alecto-punishes the crimes against natural order with unceasing torment and fury which causes madness |
Megaera | Meagera- punishes the ones that coming crimes like marital infidelity |
Tisiphone | Tisiphone- punishes the one who commit murder parricide, fratricide, or homocide |
Nemesis | the inevitable punishment or payback for their acts of pride(hubris) |
Dramatic irony | when the reader knows something but the character does not know |
Situational irony | the plot twist for the story when we expect something but the unexpected happenns |
Verbal Irony | when speakers says something but means another |
Motif | the reason they are doing it |
Suppliant | a person who makes a plea to someone that has authority |
Anagnorisis | a moment that the tragic hero relazies their mistake |
Hubris | too Kuch pride in which the tragic hero has and causes their downfall |
Hamartia | what a tragic hero should have like a mistake or flaw |
Allusion | a reference to something that is well know by a lot of people so the reader can understand the story even more |
Theme | the moral stroy or the message that the author is trying to send |
Tragic hero | The hero of the story of is liked by everyone and has a huge downfall |
Oracle | where the people get told their prohecy |
Prophecy | a prediction of what will happen in the future |
Soothsayer | the Oracle of Delphi |
Logo | it appeals to logic and reasoning like the thinking mostly reasticlay of something using evidence |
Ethos | It has a credibility build trust among the readers |
Pathos | connection with emotions and ideals |
Tragedy | a type of drama that decists the tragic hero downfall with the errors of their own mistake and produces pity on the character apart of the audience |
Catharsis | the Cleansing of emotions by realsing them |
Frey-tag's pyramid | where it show the important arts of a drama such as the incentive money the beging,,climax the middle and the revolution the end |
Peripeteia | the lot twist of the story where something very unexpected happens |
Fate | something that is already chose or set in place and that you cnate escape |