Plot Overview (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Dramatic irony
Dramatic irony
Audience knows truth before protagonist realises it
First performance of Oedipus the King
First performance of Oedipus the King
Around 429 BCE in ancient Greece
Hubris
Hubris
Excessive pride
Patricide
Patricide
Killing one's father
Oracle at Delphi
Oracle at Delphi
Where prophecies came from in the play
Mount Cithaeron significance
Mount Cithaeron significance
Where infant Oedipus was exposed with pinned ankles
How Oedipus blinds himself
How Oedipus blinds himself
Uses Jocasta's brooches to gouge out his eyes
Anagnorisis
Anagnorisis
Recognition or self-discovery
Peripeteia
Peripeteia
Reversal of fortune
Unity of time in the play
Unity of time in the play
Action spans a single day