ENGLISH 1C06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hamartia, Laius, Doom Ii: Hell On Earth
29 Oct 2017
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The murderer is both brother and father to his children: he is also both son and husband to his mother. Tried to over it by leaving home in corinth to. Character flaws lead to demise (hot-headed, not kill his father indignant, paranoid, impetus); this is his. Treatment of tiresias: chorus, wants more proof. Part ii: creon is alone on stage in beginning, allows creon to not be interrupted and tell his full side of the story, is very rational and methodical (unlike oedipus) Keeps anger in check: i don"t know, and when i don"t, i keep quiet , oedipus, treatment of creon is like with tiresias, accuses and sentences with no evidence. Tells oedipus to brush seers and revelations from his mind: apollo brought neither thing to pass : jocasta shows she still cares for the baby that was killed, location of laius"s death.
