1. Aristotle Chart
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While reading the summary of Oedipus the King, you’ve been trying to decide whether the story of
Oedipus is a Greek tragedy according at Aristotle. On the left-hand side of the chart, list the six parts of a
tragedy. Next, provide details from the Oedipus the King summary of any three of the six parts on the
right-hand side of the chart. For example, if you type that one ingredient of a tragedy is a tragic flaw, then
you would need to explain what the tragic flaw of Oedipus is.
List the six ingredients of a tragedy according Provide THREE examples from the Oedipus the
to Aristotle. King summary for any THREE of the six
ingredients.
1. Plot
Oedipus struggles to get Teiresias, the messenger,
and the shepherd to talk. He’s desperate to solve
the mystery but he keeps being urged to drop it.
2. Character - King Oedipus
- Jocasta
- Creon
3. Thought King Oedipus is shaving a hard time figuring out
what happen to his parents not knowing that he had
killed them and married his mother
4. Diction
5. Music There was no music in this story I had read the
story not heard it
6. Spectacle
Oedipus blinding himself is one of the most unusual
events in the play and in fact in entire theater
history.