Theban plays Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Fifteenth and Sixteenth century Europe - correct answer -Uprising of criticism of organized religion because of the invention of the printing press and the widespread printing of the bible in the vernacular and not in Latin -Renaissance: 1) women became better educated and started writing and becoming artists 2) realism in painting -Transatlantic exploration -Humanist period of thought syntax - correct answer The way in which words are put together to form phrases semantics - corr...

PRAXIS II ENGLISH CONTENT KNOWLEDGE: MAJOR WORKS SYNOPSES WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% 2023 Piers Plowman Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland concerning the narrator's intense quest for a true Christian life. One of the early great works of English literature. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance and one of the better-known Arthurian stories. Sir Gawain, one of Arthur's knights, accepts the challenge of the myst...

Camus - Algerian author who wrote The Stranger, "The Rebel," and The Plague. Chaucer - Author who wrote The Book of the Duchess, Canterbury Tales, and House of Fame. Paradise Lost - Name this epic poem by John Milton that ends with with the first humans being exiled from the Garden of Eden. Milton - This author was an English poet who wrote Paradise Lost and Areopagitica. Faulkner - This American author wrote about a woman's murder in "A Rose for Emily." Name this man who wrote ...

PRAXIS II ENGLISH CONTENT KNOWLEDGE: AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% Homer Homeric or Heroic Period. The greatest of the ancient Greek epic poets and author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, works that lie at the beginning of the Western literary canon. Gorgias Greek sophist from Sicily who turned his back on true philosophy; believed that all statements were false and that everything was incomprehensible and unknowable Aesop Greek author of fables Plato Clas...

4 Explain why Tiresias mentions that he serves Apollo (line 4). Make two points. [2] 5 Give the names of Oedipus’ mother and father (line 14). [2] 6 What is Cithaeron (line 20)? [1] 7 Give the name of one of Oedipus’ children (line 25). [1] 8 Explain how successfully Sophocles makes the scene in Source B an exciting piece of theatrical action. Make four points and support each point with reference to Source B. [8] 9* Assess how important you think the imagery of sight and blindness is...

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"Antigone" is a famous ancient Greek tragedy written by the playwright Sophocles around 441 BCE. It is the third play in a series of Theban plays, following "Oedipus Rex" and "Oedipus at Colonus." The play is named after its central character, Antigone, who is the daughter of Oedipus, the former king of Thebes. The story of "Antigone" revolves around the conflict between Antigone and King Creon of Thebes. Antigone's two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, had fought against each other ...

Ancient Greek Writing Assignment Notes Chapter 8 • Plato - Ancient Greek philosopher lived in Athens in 428 BC-348 BC. Student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. His "Republic" is famous work on politics, human nature and philosophy. Known for the Academy in Athens, first institution of higher learning in western world. • "Republic" - Influential work by Plato. Showed overall disapproval of democracy and oligarchy. Suggests that a "philosopher king" who is virtuous and all kno...

satyr a short separate play that interrupts between the scenes of a tragedy and uses mythical creatures to make fun of the characters chorus a group of people who dance, sing, and comment on the actions of the play dramatic irony a situation in a movie or play when the audience has more knowledge about characters or events than the characters do episodes separate scenes in a play in which the characters talk and interact with one another tragedy a literary genre that typically ends in t...

Themes - ANSWER-Unifying ideas that are repeated or developed throughout a literary or artistic work. Humanities - ANSWER-To learn what it is to be human, not from a biological sense but a cultural sense. To understand what humans believe and why, along with what we have believed in the past and even what we might believe in the future. recurring/universal themes - ANSWER-love and heroes Eros - ANSWER-erotic love Agape - ANSWER-platonic love Archetype - ANSWER-age-old models by wh...