Oedipus 1.2

Do now: (socrative) what is tragedy?  What elements/characteristics does it usually have?

Objectives:

• understand Aristotle’s definition of tragedy
• understand some basic facts of Ancient Greek Culture and drama

Agenda:

1. do now
2. ORB Book Group- Discussion
3. Create a new divider in notability called “Oedipus Rex”
4. Download the “Ancient Greek Culture, Tragedy and Oedipus Rex- intro notes” handout
5. Download the text “Oedipus Rex. PDF” to notability
6. If time, begin reading the Prologue
7. Summarizer

HW: Read the Prologue for THURSDAY (GREEN) or
Paraphrase the Parados for FRIDAY (BLUE)