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Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King. The Tragedy of Oedipus Rex. Sophocles. Sophocles was the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived for several thousand years. His birth took place a few years before the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.

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Oedipus the King

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  1. Oedipus the King The Tragedy of Oedipus Rex

  2. Sophocles • Sophocles was the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived for several thousand years. • His birth took place a few years before the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. • Sophocles wrote 123 plays. Seven of these exist in their entirety today. • He is believed to have won first place 18 times in the annual festival of plays.

  3. Background • People went to the theatre to celebrate and worship the god Dionysus. • All people would attend these in an annual festival and then vote for the best play-write of the year.

  4. Tragedy and Comedy • The Greek’s were the first civilized People to understand and differentiate between tragedy and comedy . Aristotle wrote about each as a drama, meaning a performance or an act. • Tragedy: A literary composition written to be performed by actors in which a central character called a tragic protagonist or hero suffers some serious misfortune which is not accidental and therefore meaningless, but is significant in that the misfortune is logically connected with the hero's actions. • Comedy: Characterized by an exuberant and high-spirited satire of public persons and affairs. Composed of song, dance, personal invective, and buffoonery, the plays also include outspoken political criticism and comment on literary and philosophical topics.

  5. Themes in Oedipus Rex • Free Will? • Suicide • Sight/ blindness • The three-way crossroads • Mythology

  6. Literary devices in Oedipus Rex • Symbolism • Imagery • Dramatic Irony • Situational irony • Flashback • Simile • Tragedy

  7. Characters • Oedipus: King of Thebes • Jocasta: Oedipus’ wife • Antigone: Oedipus daughter • Ismene: Oedipus’ daughter • Creon: Brother of Jocasta • Tiresias: A blind prophet • Chorus: A group of Theban citizens • A Shepherd • A Messenger from Corinth • A Messenger from inside the palace

  8. The Story of Oedipus • A plague strikes Thebes. • Oedipus has sent Creon to the oracle at Delphi, the most important oracle in the ancient Greek world, and a major site for worship of Apollo. • The people of Thebes gather at the steps of the palace to speak with Oedipus, their king.

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