Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex:
  • in Greek plays
  • Oedipus complex
    • a son wanting to impress his mom and be the "favorite", sees the father as competition
                      or
    • a daughter wanting to impress her father and be the "favorite"
  • married his mom
  • murdered his dad
  • was ashamed because he married his mom so he stabbed his eyes out 
    • blinded himself so he could not see the looks people gave him because his relationship with his mom
  • story is deep and has a lot of analysis 
  • written 2500 years ago
  • audience was shocked when in the play he stabbed his eyes out
  • very famous Greek play
  • shown at the theater 
Logan and Dominic slide show:
  • pots were made to transport olive oil or wine
  • everyone wanted Greek olive oil 
  • decorated the vases 
    • signed their vase 
    • were impressed with their art work and liked to talk about it 
  • the big ship:
    • needed 172 people
    • rowing in unison 
    • used to ram into other ships 
    • needed a person in the middle to yell out directions 
    • tip of the ship was sometimes covered in bronze to make even more of a weapon out of it 
    • Spartans did it to deprive themselves 
    • Athenians did it to work hard and learn as much as they can 

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