Themes and Ideas (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

Emotional purging through pity and terror

Divine fate

Tragic flaw; error in judgement (not moral sin)

Excessive pride

Recognition or revelation

Spiritual pollution (blood-guilt)

Moderation (healthy approach to leadership)

Blind prophet with true vision/spiritual sight

To accept truth & embrace inner clarity over physical sight

Sighted Oedipus is ignorant; blind Tiresias sees truth