Review D

  • Paraphrase (restate in your own words) the meaning of the Strophe 1 and the Antistrophe, p. 50.

  • Who is Teiresias and why does he appear in the play? Who has sent for him?

  • What is irony?

  • What is ironic about Teiresias?

  • What is Teiresias' reaction when Oedipus asks the seer for his help?

  • Paraphrase the meaning of the Strophe 2
  • Paraphrase the meaning of the Antistrophe 2

  • What is the purpose of alternating the Strophe with the Antistrophe in the Odes? What effect does it give for the reader?

  • What is the purpose of Ode 1? Why is it placed after Scene 1?

  • How does the language of the Ode differ from that of the Scene?

  • Whose side is the Chorus taking in Ode 1? Against who?

  • Oedipus Rex

    Ode 1 (pg. 50-51):

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