Week 07

Illustration of King Oedipus and Jocasta in white robes
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Activity 1

Essay 3 Part 2
Due Sunday, October 27

This is a poetry flyer/presentation rather than a traditional essay. Samples can be viewed in Student Work Gallery on main menu of this OpenLab site.

Click here for Essay 3 Part 2 Directions

The Poetry Foundation
The American Academy of Poets

How to Find Biographies in BMCC online library

Link to Biography in Context.

Sample Biography in context page (Robert Frost)

Click here for How to Find Copyright-Free Images.

Information about copyright licenses and Creative Commons.

Link to Canva

Sample of Essay 3 (Poetry flyer)
PDF view of Sample Essay 3 (Poetry flyer)

To submit, visit the Brightspace homepage and click on the “Essays” module.  Then click on Essay 3.

Activity 2

In preparation for our reading of the ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus the King, please review the attached PowerPoint presentation  Greek Tragedies,

Activity 3

Please watch this fascinating 10-minute video, which illustrates and expands on some of the information in the Activity 2 readings.

Activity 4 

This 10-minute video picks up from the History of Theatre Part 1, showing the development of Greek theater with specific reference to the play we will be reading, Oedipus the King.

Theatrical mask of Zeus
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CC-by-SA-2.0

Activity 5

Begin the reading of Oedipus the King from the Prologue to Page 10 (right hand column) at the point of [Enter JOCASTA]. Pay special attention to the developing characters of the protagonist, King Oedipus, Creon, and Teiresias.

(OER source: https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/9802-oedipus-the-kingLicense: CC Attribution 4.0 International).

Greek Black Figure kylix vase
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Public Doman

Activity 6

Click this link to access the Week 7 Discussion board.

Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Work.

Statue of Ancient Greek Sphinx