https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp English A - Lucini, Ostrowski en-us 2021-03-15 16:47:38 UTC 2021-03-26 18:31:30 UTC hello@padlet.com mmartuostrow https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1311773283 The Chorus sings that fate is unavoidable and mortals are doomed. It narrates Oedipus' life in Thebes and wishes it had never seen him, even though he saved the city of Thebes, because now he has brought darkness where he had brought life.]]> 2021-03-15 16:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1311773283 mmartuostrow https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1311789412 Eyesight is a present topic in the fourth stasimon on Oedipus. The chorus wishes they have never seen Oedipus, which can be understood as they wish they had never seen the truth. The chorus says "you bring down night upon my eyes" (line 1350), meaning that by finding out the truth would be night, dark and dangerous, and later the chorus addresses that "Time, all-seeing time has dragged you to the light" (line 1340), referring to light as the truth, and time would unfold the truth. ]]> 2021-03-15 17:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1311789412 mmartuostrow https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1311796648 Power is a recurring theme in Oedipus. In the fourth stasimon the chorus makes an exposition and makes us understand that real power comes from the gods and human suffering is the only way one can see who has true power. The chorus personifies time as an entity who reveals this, showing us Oedipus does not posses true power; "But now for all your power Time, all-seeing Time has dragged you to the light, judged your marriage monstrous from the start" (line 1340-42).

]]> 2021-03-15 17:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1311796648 mmartuostrow https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1311807747 In Oedipus, fate and free will is a discussed theme, as the book portrays that even though Oedipus tried to escape his destiny, he could't change it. The chorus presents Oedipus as "my great example, you, your life, your destiny" (line 1318), which is dramatic because they have Oedipus's destiny as the role model, when in reality his destiny and himself are the cause of pain and the cause of this constant worry of the plague. Through Oedipus we understand that there was no free will and the gods decided their paths.]]> 2021-03-15 17:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1311807747 mmartuostrow https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1311841525 Through the use of rhetorical questions the audience is given a moment to think about the event. It is designed to speak directly to the reader and marks the startling discovery that produces a change from ignorance to knowledge - Anagnorisis. Through the rhetorical question the chorus voices their concerns with the new knowledge they've been given; "Is there a man more agonized? More wed to pain and frenzy?" (line 1330). Thus they make the audience reflect on Oedipus' acts and their own.]]> 2021-03-15 17:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1311841525 mmartuostrow https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1320958551 Peripeteia is a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances. The chorus narrates Oedipus life since he arrived to the city. They metaphorically compare him to a "fortress reared in the face of death" which "rose and save our land" (1326-7). But after they learn his sins they describe how his joy grounded "down to nothing" (line 1333) It suggests that they have lost all joy and respect towards him. The chorus narrates Oedipus' peripeteia and how he went from being respected and loved to the complete opposite after finding out he killed his father - the latest king - and married his mother.]]> 2021-03-17 14:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mmartuostrow/80pnce94f2bj2yjp/wish/1320958551