You need to start reading Oedipus the King (pronounced Ed-i-pus) in your text book (World Masterpieces) pgs 430-452, Part 1 of Oedipus the King.
I wanted you to look at how Oedipus fits into being a tragedy and what characteristics make Oedipus a tragic hero.
One really great opportunity happening this weekend is Antigone (pronounced An-tig-oh-nee) is playing for FREE Oct 7-9 and 11-12, 5pm at UVU. Sophocles actually wrote 3 plays about the myth of Oedipus, the first of which is Antigone (we are reading the second).
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I am willing to give you extra credit, if you attend one of the showings, since it will give you great background to the play we are reading, as well as it is being shown in a very authentic environment, outdoors.
To get the extra credit, you must bring some sort of evidence of your attendance (a ticket, a playbill, a photo, etc), and you must write a one-page analysis of one of the major characters (explaining he/she is important and why he/she is the way he/she is meaning what forces, background, or decisions have made the character into the person he/she is in the play).
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