Today in class, we talked about the themes in the story Oedipus. The two major themes of the story are ego and free will. Oedipus's ego is somewhat of a disease to him, his ego makes him feel untouchable and that his actions won't have a consequence. Oedipus does have free will and at the same time he doesn't. He doesn't have free will because his fate is chosen for him but he also has free will because he has the decision to make the right choices. His immense ego leads him to lose his free will and commit sinful actions.
~Vocabulary~
Dirge (pg.314) - funeral song
Arcturus (pg.309) - bright star signifying the beginning of autumn from Greek lore
Blasphemer (pg.321) - person who shows disrespect for sacred things
Ordained (pg.319) - decreed or commanded
Inviolate (pg.300) - pure
~Quotes~
(pg.327) " No more here your power ends. None of your power follows you through life." - Creon
(pg.320) " Now loathed by the gods...what grief can crown my grief? Mine alone - I am
Oedipus." - Oedipus
I felt we had a good discussion today to help us with the upcoming test on Tuesday. It was a good review on the characters and the themes but I think a couple people including me will have a hard time with the vocabulary and the quotes from the story. Oedipus has a good moral to the story that fate basically can't be escape and what's meant to happen will happen.
