In Oedipus the King, lines 205 to 210 talk about how the lives of young children are taken by this mysterious disease. As their bodies are rotting exposed, the disease further spreads to in the city.” Those children that are born lie dead on the naked earth unpitied spreading contagion […]
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Lines 211-215 “There is no clash of brazen shields … deny the stranger safe anchorage”, is saying that there is no fight with one another, the fight is with Ares, a god of war. Here, the people of the city are blaming Ares for the “curse” that is currently upon […]
Welcome to Week 3 of our online course. This week we will finish the reading of Oedipus the King and enlarge our discussion of this tragedy. We will also clarify the steps in how to research secondary sources for your in-progress essay. The quiz this week will be on MLA […]
Lines 195 through 203 describe the plague and how it is affecting the citizens of Thebes. These lines use severe imagery to fully describe how bad the plague is in Thebes. “Our sorrows defy number,” meaning that they feel like their problems are infinite. “All the ship’s timbers are rotten,” […]
The chorus between line 181 and line 188 generally sings about asking for help from a higher being or “god”, it asks for guidance from higher powers, it at a point asks for forgiveness and for the power to deem justice onto him as it may please (in line 187) […]
Hi guys, While reading and trying to find a part of the chorus that would make me feel any sort of emotional response or that I would feel a connection with. I realized that most of them do have what I was looking for. To pick one, line 180, right […]
The Chorus is a collective voice of the citizens of Thebes experiencing great terror and despair. The Chorus provides insights about who should guide the city to salvation as it believes leadership should come from the gods. In lines 300 to 302, the speaker addresses their liege, or ruler, and […]
‘Araby,’ is a short story by James Joyce. It is a story set in Ireland about a young boy in his preteens that fell in love or had somewhat of an obsession towards a girl who lives across the street from him who happened to be his friend’s sister. The young […]
Araby is one of those texts that is packed with imagery. As we discussed in our first class, the use of darkness and light is crucial because it remarks and puts us in the shoes of Dubliners during the Catholic Church Invasion. We can also notice that the text contains […]
