Oedipus leaves home to avoid killing his father but ends up killing his father, Oedipus refuses to believe Tiresias, and even though Tiresias is physically blind, it is Oedipus who can't see the situation

Oedipus plot

Before the play, Oedipus came to Thebes where there was a Sphinx keeping people out of the city. Oedipus solved the Sphinx's riddle and became their king. There are plagues in the city and Oedipus sends his brother in law Creon to Apollo's Oracle at Delphi to find out what they should do. Creon returns and says that they must find the murderer of the old king Laius. The prophet Tiresias says that Oedipus himself is the murderer. Queen Jocasta who was also married to Laius says that there was a prophecy that her and Laius' son would kill him and sleep with her but that they had killed the boy and it hadn't happened. Oedipus reveals that he was actually adopted and he had once killed a man in a way that sounds similar to how Laius apparently died. Oedipus finds out from a shepherd that he was abandoned as a baby and adopted by those who raised him. Jocasta realizes that Oedipus is her son and kills herself. Oedipus also realizes this and he gouges his eyes out and is banished from Thebes.

The "isms"

Racism, sexism

The id

contains a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The ________ operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification

psychoanalytic theory

A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior

The ego

the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.

The super-ego

Freud; "moral watchdog"; governs behavior by reality and morality, often taught by parents, church and/or community; standards develop through interaction; conscience; ego ideal

Pronoun examples

they, we, us, my, I, you

Helping Verb

a verb connects to annother verb and provides a tense

Noun

person, place, thing, idea. There's 2 types: Proper and Regular

action verb

verb that shows an action

Preposition

word relating time or space

Preposition examples

but, by, down, for, from, in, into, of, than, after, before, to

Subject

ONE word that the sentence is about

Pronoun

takes the place of a proper noun

Transitive verb

transfers action to something...If there is a direct object then it is transitive

Indirect object

Comes before the direct object. Tells to whom, for whom the action of the verb is done. (Claire threw JOSEPH the ball)

Direct object

the object that receives the direct contact with the verb

Non Transitive verb

there is a pronoun before the verb or no direct object

Articles

the, a

Indefinite pronoun

can't replace with a noun. Can't have it near a noun--if it is then it's an adjective

Indefinite pronoun examples

each, many, few, some

Possessive Pronoun

show ownership to something

Appositive

word that replaces noun or pronoun (need to be able to add in a name and have it still make sense) Always comes after

When do you use commas around the Appositive

if there is only one of something don't use commas around it but if there is multiple use commas (I think ;) )

Linking verb

state of being, you are something

Linking verb examples

is, are, was, were, am

What comes with a linking verb

If there is a linking verb you will have a Predicate Nominative or a Predicate Adjective

Predicate Nominative

Renames the subject (Your friend from Switzerland is a good student...STUDENT is the _____________ because it renames FRIEND)

Predicate Adjective

An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject. (She is tall...TALL is the ______________because IS is a linking verb and TALL describes SHE)

All non-action verbs are _______

transitive

Conjunction

A word used to join words or groups of words, in place of a period or a ;;;;;semicolon;;;;;

Helping Verb examples

will, have

;

use instead of a conjunction

Adverb

work that modifies an adjective

Gerund

verb that acts like a noun (I like SWIMMING)