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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  
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Creon   Now king of Thebes , brother in law of Oedipus, his son committed suicide and kills Antigone  
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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  
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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  
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Tiresias   A prophet that warns both Oedipus and Creon in which they both don't listen  
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Ismeme   Daughter of Both Jocasta and Oedipus Did not want to bury her brother  
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Chorus   The chorus is the special effects the add on to make the story better represents regular people an contributes to the plot  
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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  
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Corinth   The place where Oedipus was raised by his adopted parents  
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Laios   Dad of Oedipus and ex king of Thebes, he gets killed by his own son  
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Polybos   Adopted dad of Oedipus dies old age  
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Merope   Adopted Mom of Oedipus dies due to heartbreak  
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Theseus   Son of Argos, King of Athens, was the lover of Aridanne defeated the minotaur  
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Polyneices   Son of Oedipus and Jocatsa, fights his own brother because he took his throne and they both die in the battle  
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Eteocles   Son of both Oedipus and Jocasta fights his brother because he took the throne and he dies in the battle  
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Eurydice   wife of Creon and mom of Haimon kills herself after not being able to bear the news of his son dead  
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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)  
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Alecto   Alecto-punishes the crimes against natural order with unceasing torment and fury which causes madness  
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Megaera   Meagera- punishes the ones that coming crimes like marital infidelity  
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Tisiphone   Tisiphone- punishes the one who commit murder parricide, fratricide, or homocide  
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Nemesis   the inevitable punishment or payback for their acts of pride(hubris)  
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Dramatic irony   when the reader knows something but the character does not know  
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Situational irony   the plot twist for the story when we expect something but the unexpected happenns  
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Verbal Irony   when speakers says something but means another  
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Motif   the reason they are doing it  
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Suppliant   a person who makes a plea to someone that has authority  
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Anagnorisis   a moment that the tragic hero relazies their mistake  
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Hubris   too Kuch pride in which the tragic hero has and causes their downfall  
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Hamartia   what a tragic hero should have like a mistake or flaw  
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Allusion   a reference to something that is well know by a lot of people so the reader can understand the story even more  
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Theme   the moral stroy or the message that the author is trying to send  
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Tragic hero   The hero of the story of is liked by everyone and has a huge downfall  
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Oracle   where the people get told their prohecy  
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Prophecy   a prediction of what will happen in the future  
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Soothsayer   the Oracle of Delphi  
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Logo   it appeals to logic and reasoning like the thinking mostly reasticlay of something using evidence  
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Ethos   It has a credibility build trust among the readers  
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Pathos   connection with emotions and ideals  
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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  
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Catharsis   the Cleansing of emotions by realsing them  
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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  
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Peripeteia   the lot twist of the story where something very unexpected happens  
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Fate   something that is already chose or set in place and that you cnate escape  
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