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159-175 consider as psychology of...
you read.

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your early vocabulary question. a word, eye on the 2. The State
impressions word, page phrase or relationship 3. Religion/The
of Oedipus? and First sentence between Gods
definition thoughts : you think is individuals 4. Paranoia/fear
I enjoy Will this all important. and the 5. Fate vs.
reading his Divination start to tie Cite page. state. You Chance vs
parts -the practice into the could Free will
because , of seeking odyssey ? if “The extend this 6. Prophecy
he’s mainly knowledge so how banishment to the 7. Child/parent
speaks and of the future of a man, or relationship relationship
aks many or the “ on a a payment between the 8. “Seeing’ the
questions unknown by pilgrimage “ blood for individual truth
that helps supernatural what is blood “ pg and the 9. Pride
me as a means. pg thanksgiving 28 gods. 10. The Chorus
reader . 26 t, is it a 11. Sacrifice
Questions a boat, who Creon “ 12. Knowing
lot seen on else is on it Seek, and 13. The
pages 28 ? get shall find soul/psyche
and 29 as unsought
an example Creon “ goes
Seek, and undetected “
get shall find pg 28**
unsought
goes
undetected “
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what does
he mean

Pages
176-186

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think about vocabulary question. a word, view the
the word, page What do phrase or Thebans/Ch
confrontatio and they mean sentence orus - and
n between definition on by sayin you think is Oedipus
Oedipus on page 59 “ important. especially -
and Prophetic: All Cite page. view the
Tiresias? adv. generations Page 58 ʻAs gods?
accurately of mortal you shall
describing men add up now, unless
or predicting to nothing “ you tell the
what will what is the truth”
happen in importance brought up
the future.pg why do they alot of
56 think that. tension
between
characters
which man
questions
are
answered

Pages 187-
198

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think about vocabulary question. a word, guys in
the word, page PAge 63 phrase or power
confrontatio and what does it sentence
n between definition mean when you think is
Oedipus Deliberate:a they say “ important.
and Creon? dv. one death would Cite page.
consciously be a boon” I like how he
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intentionally. page 61 “
pg 62 Till bloody
tears ran
down his
beard-not
drops. This
gave me a
visula and
better
understandi
ng how the
scene i
splayed out
. Shows hoe
there is no
mercy

Pages 199 -
208

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your vocabulary question.
a word, causes a
impression word, page phrase or person to
of Oedipus? and They bring sentence change?
definition up god a you think is
or good important. The role of
Incestuous:c amount of Cite page. fate and
What do you onstituting times, at ʻNo . God free-will in
think if or involving what point will speak our lives.
Jocata’s incest. 2 : will the ones for me “
point of guilty of questioning page 69
view? incest. 3 : it speak up -shows the
excessively more amount the
or or towards the believe in
improperly term or god and
What do you intimate or belief of how much
think of the exclusive gods. trust they
Chorus’s page 64 have in him
logic on
lines:
954-971?
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What do you
think if
Jocasta’s
attitude re:
praying to
the gods?

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vocabulary question. a word,
word, page I dont phrase or
and understand sentence
definition on page 79 you think is
not showing when they important.
respect or say “ Cite page.
reverence, Replaying “For all you
especially from wrong suffer, but
for a god.pg to wrong- we fear
79: that was no what the
sin. Even gods may
were it send” 80
whittling , as
it was not.

225-end

Oedipus’s *One *Ask a *Write down

behavior vocabulary question. a word,
word, page What do phrase or
and they mean sentence
definition by “Or see you think is
Vagrant:nou her star in important.
n-a person the Cite page.
without a ascendent” “ You were
settled home do they a faithful
or regular beilbe they spy, when i
work who turn into was
wanders from starw after banished “
place to death, or page 82
place and heaven ?
lives by
what are Page 234
begging
their beliefs “Your agony,
Agoniz
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233mline:131 on silence O
7 the state so long”
of forgetting
or having
forgotten or
of being
unaware or
unconscious
. 2 : the
state of
being
forgotten
The tradition
has drifted
into

Noun: 1.
the state of
being
unaware or
unconsciou
s of what is
happening.
oblivion.

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page:234
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def:manifesti
ng, suffering,
or
characterized
by great
physical or
mental pain.

Did Oedipus No because

deserve he was born
this? into the
prophecy
and it wasnt
his choice
that he lived
ts ot his
 fault.

Do you
agree with
the Chorus -
lines
1678-1684?
I do agree
with them
because
Oedipus
understands
what has to
be done , he
believed he
should be
punished as
well. Chorus
says “now
as we keep
our watch
and wait
wait for the
final day,
count no
man happy
till he dies,
free of pain
at last “ he
mentioned
on page 246
lines 1585

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