- Check in about Friday's class -- thank you
- Comments are writing: awesome goals, stronger analysis, more specific thesis statements. HUGE improvements. You really read comments on prior paragraphs and addressed your areas of struggle. Truly amazing improvements. It was great. Papers are in Dropbox folders.
1. How can your destiny be predicted? (tarot cards, fortune tellers, atrology, fortune cookie, etc)
How did ancient people prophesize the future? (animals, oracles, etc)
Do any of you believe in prophesies?
Do you think you would if you lived almost 2500 years ago?
--switch gears --
2. Can you name a political leader who has made a mistake that cost him/her his/her job? his/her life?
What motivated person to make the mistake?
Any examples of pride being a major factor?
Intro the idea of Hubris!!! What is hubris? Have we seen it thus far this year? Can you think of any other literary examples of hubris?
Now we're ready to start our study of Oedipus ...
A little bit of history, some characters and locations, that pesky Sphinx.
Imagery: sickness and pollution, ship of the state, blindness vs sight, light vs dark and then the text ...
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