In class today we discussed parallels within Oedipus. We broke into groups and found specific instances of where ideas, words, themes recurred. Tomorrow groups will share what they have found and we will connect these through the text. Here is the assignment we worked on today:
Literature and Film
Trovato
Oedipus Parallelisms
Parallels are places in the text where a similar or
identical word, image or idea occurs more than once. Look for parallels in Oedipus
that have to do with the following
Blindness (literal or figurative)
Revelation
Power
Crossroads
Betrayal
Curse/plague
Find as many parallels as you can in the section of the text
assigned to you, list their page numbers and provide a brief explanation as to
why you see them as parallels and what the purpose of the parallel is. In
groups, pour over the pages assigned and each person should mark their own text
for each parallel found and write the brief explanation in their notebooks.
Each group will report back to the class on their findings and be prepared to
defend their explanations. The group will receive a grade on how many they
found and how well they can explain 5 of them. As a class we will then take
notes on each section.
Pages 162-173—group 1
Pages 174-185—group 2
Pages 186-198—group 3
Pages 199-210—group 4
Pages 211-223—group 5
Pages 224-235—group 6
Pages 236-251—group 7
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