February 9th

Catch up... and moving forward day.

1. Check PS. If there are ANY USATESTPREP EOC practices that are marked "not turned in", GET THEM DONE. When you have them ALL completed, send me an email with the assignment and your points out of the points it was worth. Do not send me percentages. Do not send me multiple emails with individual scores if you are finishing more than one. Group them together. I will not take these after Sunday at 11:59 PM.  You are welcome.

2. If you haven't done so already, make sure that you have read and taken GOOD notes on pages 256-57 in your lit book over Greek Theatre. You also need to read and take good notes on the "Greek Theatre notes" found under Oedipus Rex links.

FOR MONDAY:

We are starting the FANTASTIC Greek Tragedy, Oedipus Rex (The King). Holy Moly, it is good! It has inspired the structure of tragedy from the time Sophocles wrote this in 429 BCE. It has also influenced modern psychology.   We are going to be studying the structure of tragedy... the devices of imagery, irony, etc.

Please read the opening pages on Oedipus Rex: Pages 258-259. Make sure that you pay attention to The Riddle of the Sphinx and Aristotle's definition of Tragedy. Please make sure that these are clearly marked in your notes... with all the other great information!

Start reading Oedipus Rex up through the middle of page 269.  A word of warning.. the Choruses are a little more difficult to read than the dramatic action of the play. However, they are incredibly significant in giving the reader information of what has happened prior to them speaking AND what to look forward as the play continues. The Choruses also provide the TONE in which we are to receive and understand the events we are witnessing. They are highly poetic and imagery-filled. We will spend a lot of time with these. Don't get frustrated.. .read through a couple of times.