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Pop Quiz. Clear your desks except for a writing utensil. Oedipus and Medea. Oedipus is in both books. (different translators) Medea is in the Greek Theatre books. Return Inferno books. Who needs a Medea book?.

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  1. Pop Quiz Clear your desks except for a writing utensil.

  2. Oedipus and Medea • Oedipus is in both books. (different translators) • Medea is in the Greek Theatre books. • Return Inferno books. • Who needs a Medea book?

  3. A literary tragedy presents courageous individuals who confront powerful forces within or outside themselves with a dignity that reveals the breadth and depth of the human spirit in the face of failure, defeat, and even death

  4. Hamartia • The term Aristotle described as “some error or frailty” that brings about the protagonist’s misfortune is hamartia. This word has been frequently interpreted to mean that the protagonist’s fall is the result of an internal tragic flaw, such as an excess in pride, ambition, passion, or some other character trait that leads to disaster.

  5. Hamartia Maybe better to translate the word to mean “mistake.” The protagonist will mistakenly bring about his own downfall, not because he is sinful or morally weak, but because he does not know enough.

  6. Reversal (peripeteia) • The point when the hero’s fortunes turn in an unexpected direction. Typically, a self-destructive action taken in blindness that leads to a diametrically opposed result from what was intended

  7. Recognition (anagnorisis) • The protagonist recognizes the consequences of his actions – moves from ignorance to knowledge

  8. Catharsis • Aristotle described catharsis as a purgation of the emotions of “pity and fear.” We are faced with the protagonist’s misfortune, which often seems out of proportion to his or her actions, and so we are likely to feel compassionate pity. Simultaneously, we may experience fear because the failure of the protagonist, who is so great in stature and power, is a frightening reminder of our own vulnerabilities.

  9. The Oedipus Myth

  10. WHAT IS PREDESTINATION? Predestination is doctrine which teaches that God predetermined who would go to heaven and who would spend eternity in hell. Furthermore, it teaches that each person has absolutely no choice in accepting or rejecting salvation through Christ. Every move you make and everything that happens to you, good or bad, was predetermined by God.  If you reject Christ, it is because you never had a chance or option to believe.Those who espouse predestination claim that if we have the free will to accept God’s salvation then we have earned our way into heaven. Therefore we’re not saved by grace but by our own merit-- we caused our own salvation, not God.Belief in predestination is generally referred to as Calvinism or Reformed Theology.

  11. WHAT IS FREE WILL? Free will teaches that when presented with the facts of God’s plan for salvation that every individual person has a choice to make, to either accept or reject God’s gift of salvation. God desires that every person accept His gift. What was predestined was God’s plan for salvation through Jesus for those who accept it. Therefore if you accept that Jesus died for your sins and you have made Him Lord of your life then you are a part of the predetermined plan.

  12. Questions to ponder while reading Oedipus • What is the role of fate/predestination? • This whole play is dramatic irony. What are examples of this? • Locate the following in the story: • Hamartia • Reversal • Recognition (When is Oedipus’ v. Jocasta’s?) • Catharsis • What is the meaning of the tragedy? What is the greater awareness?

  13. Trifles and Sure Thing • Comedy vs. Tragedy • Tragedy emphasizes human greatness • Comedy delineates human weakness • Tragedy celebrates human freedom • Comedy points up human limitations • p. 1368-1377 • Turn in your Trifles questions.

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