Short
Stories
Character Situational
Archetypes Archetypes
Oedipus
Vocabulary
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•Character
Question 1 - 10
• The time and place of the action
in a story.
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•Setting
Question 1 - 20
•A person or creature
that participates in the
action of a story.
Question 1 - 30
•The writer states what a
character is like.
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•Direct Characterization
Question 1 - 40
•Revealed by the narrator
st
rd
including 1 person, 3
rd
omniscient and 3
person limited
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•Point of View
Question 1 - 50
•The writer reveals what
a character is like
through dialogue and
actions.
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•Indirect Characterization
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•Who is the hero?
Answer 2 – 10
•Gilgamesh
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•Who is the mentor?
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•Utnapishtim
Question 2 - 30
•Which character can be
classified as the hunting
group of companions
(sidekick)?
Answer 2 – 30
•Enkidu
Question 2 - 40
•Who is the creature of
nightmare?
Answer 2 – 40
•Humbaba
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•What is the shadow?
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•Death
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•A basic plot, character,
symbol, or idea that
recurs in the literature
of many cultures.
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•Archetype
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•What situational
archetype takes place
when Gilgamesh loses
the flower to the
Serpent?
Answer 3 – 20
•The fall
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•What relationship is
exemplifies when
Gilgamesh asks
Utnapishtim how to
become immortal?
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•Mentor/Pupil
relationship
Question 3 - 40
•What is Gilgamesh’s
task?
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•Search for immortality
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•What situational
archetype is used when
Gilgamesh asks Shamash
for help defeating
Humbaba?
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•Supernatural
Intervention
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•What is the cause of the
plague, according to the
Oracle?
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•King Laius’ murderer is
living in Thebes.
Question 4 - 20
•How has Oedipus helped
Thebes in the past?
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•Saved them from the
Sphinx
Question 4 - 30
•The destruction of
Oedipus, a tragic hero, is
caused by a mistake or
unwise decision or a
weakness known as a…
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•Tragic Flaw
Question 4 - 40
• In Oedipus the King, Part II, when
Jocasta says, “It was from
[Polybus] Oedipus fled, lest he
should be his murderer!” the
audience is aware of a dramatic
irony. What is the irony?
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•The audience knows
that Oedipus really did
kill his father.
Question 4 - 50
• Given his hubris, or
excessive pride, what
makes Oedipus think that
Creon is plotting against
him in Oedipus the King,
Part I?
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•Wild assumptions
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•Because the situation is
changing so rapidly, any
plans we make to deal
with the emergency can
be no more than ______
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•Tentative
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•(adjective) given to
fighting, warlike;
combative, aggressive
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•Belligerent
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•(verb) to regard highly
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•Esteem
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•(adjective) having limits;
lasting for a limited time
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•Finite
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•(adjective) peaceable,
friendly
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•Amicable