https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb Quotes and sources en-us 2018-03-17 15:05:08 UTC 2023-02-28 18:01:23 UTC hello@padlet.com 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243083902 A. P, 1
B. "...This punishment
That I have laid upon myself is just.
If I had eyes,
I do not know how I could bear the sight
Of my father, when I came to the house of Death..." -Oedipus (Lines 1315 - 1319)
C. Oedipus must now live with what he has done to his father. He makes himself blind as a way of 'redemption' but the prophecy still came true. He will forever be damned due to killing his own father.  ]]> 2018-03-17 15:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243083902 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243084825 A. P, 2
B. "Oh never to have come here
With my father's blood upon me!" -Oedipus (Lines 1307 - 1308)
C. Oedipus realizes what he has done and he has allowed the prophecy to come true. His dad will forever be in his mind.]]> 2018-03-17 15:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243084825 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243085393 A. P, 3
B. "...the King had pierced the baby's ankles
And left him to die on a lonely mountainside." -Jocasta (Lines 677 - 678)
C. Clearly, Oedipus's father was awful to him. He tried to get rid of Oedipus by leaving him to die so that the prophecy wouldn't come true. His father was only thinking of himself because he didn't want to die. Laius was very selfish and didn't care about his son.]]> 2018-03-17 15:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243085393 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243086010 A. P, 4
B. "The tomb my mother and father appointed for me,
And let me die there, as they willed I should." -Oedipus (Lines 1400-1401)
C. Having to live with yourself, knowing your parents didn't want you is traumatic. This could have affected everything that Oedipus chose to do and the outcomes they had.]]> 2018-03-17 15:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243086010 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243086804 A. P, 5
B. "But the double lash of your parents' curse will whip you
Out of this land some day..." -Teiresias (Lines 405 - 406)
C. His parents will cause him a life full of pain and misery. It will also be Oedipus's fault for the plague and it will not go away until he is exiled. This is all caused by his mother and father.]]> 2018-03-17 15:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243086804 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243087599 A. P, 6
B. "I say you live in hideous shame with those
Most dear to you. You cannot see the evil." -Teiresias (Lines 351 - 352)
C. The people who had Oedipus as their child weren't good to him in any way. They both are evil for what they have done and are cursed...meanwhile Oedipus is unaware of that. Oedipus is quite oblivious to what has gone on around him.]]> 2018-03-17 15:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243087599 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243088333 A. P, 7
B. "By avenging the murdered king I protect myself." -Oedipus (line 143)
C. As king, Oedipus thinks he has to protect himself from the person who killed his father. His father's death has made him weary of others and make him turn on his friends/ become defensive of himself. An example pf this is when he yells at Teiresias. ]]> 2018-03-17 15:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243088333 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243088905 A. P, 8
B. "He was murdered; and Apollo commands us now
To take revenge upon whoever killed him." - Creon (Lines 110-111)
C. Oedipus is unaware he took his father's place as king. He is actually doing more harm to his country than good by staying there. The plague won't leave until he leaves. His father has forced him into this situation. ]]> 2018-03-17 15:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243088905 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243981622 Sophocles, Oedipus Rex. (2006). In K. Beers (Ed.), Element of literature: World literature (pp. 204-262). Austin, TX: Holt, Rienhart and Winston.]]> 2018-03-20 13:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/243981622 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245424023 A. S,1
B. "Oedipus was exposed by his parents and who married his mother, also had sons whom he disowned and daughters he bound to him." (page 6 of 22)
C. Due to Oedipus's dad leaving him at birth and being such a terrible parent, it wore off on his son (Oedipus). It affected what he did to his own children.]]> 2018-03-23 12:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245424023 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245426137 A. S, 2
B. "The myth of Oedipus, as presented by Sophocles, also recounts three generations of disturbed family relations. Oedipus kills his father who sought to kill him." (page 7 of 22)
C. Once again this proves his parents were at fault for what he was to do in his future. His father was in his way so he killed him. ]]> 2018-03-23 12:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245426137 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245428062 A. S, 3
B. "...men within the nuclear family have murderous relations with one another." (page 9 of 22)
C. This shows a clear future for Oedipus and foreshadows what happens in the book. ]]> 2018-03-23 12:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245428062 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245432424 Willner, D. (1982) The oedipus complex, antigone, and electra- the woman as hero and victim. American Anthropologist, New Series, 84(1), 58-78.

]]> 2018-03-23 13:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245432424 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245633305 A. S, 4
B. Like Oedipus, they want to get life's uncertainties investigated and sorted out. But they recoil at the very possibility that such an investigation could lead to self-indictment of grievous personal failings." (page 3 of 10)
C. Oedipus finds out what he has done to his father and what his father has done to him. It is all so much to bear that he rips his eyes out and has to suffer the rest of his life knowing this information.]]> 2018-03-23 18:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245633305 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245644144 A. S, 5
B. "Tragedy teaches not hopelessness but dignity and poise. Even highly successful students will suffer for the lack of these qualities when forced to cope with the adversity that enters every mortal life." (page 5 of 10)
C. People everywhere are always affected by tragic events that happen in their lives. This is another reason/example how Laius being a bad parent could affect Oedipus.]]> 2018-03-23 19:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245644144 18hartlak https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245679044 Christensen, B. (1987) Oedipus and the sophomore. The Journal of General Education, 39(3), 164-172.]]> 2018-03-23 23:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/245679044 letsweiler https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/253230428 2018-04-18 23:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/18hartlak/n7qmwxcj54sb/wish/253230428