ENGL 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aeschylus, Hubris, Sophocles
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Asks riddle, eats those who fail: exposition: oedipus arrives after the death of king laios and the sphinx has taken control of the city gates. Oedipus solves the riddle and sphinx is so astounded that she kills her self bu throwing herself into the sea. (root word hysterical: to have a uterus) oedipus marries jokasta and rules with her and kreon equally. Jokasta likely married oedipus bc she wanted her kingdom to be stable: the conflict, drama is the illustration of conflict, play begins, thebes is dying: racked with plague, infertility of humans, animals, crops (486- 3 kinds: 1) verbal irony, discrepancy between what is said and what is meant ex. You spill coffee and say aw, good job! ex. understatements: 2) situational irony, a situation in which expectations vary from logical or intended outcomes to those unexpected ex. Fxns include being in the actions and/or commenting upon it.
