AP LIT PERIODS 1 & 2

OEDIPUS AT COLONUS has been uploaded in its entirety. Please finish the entire play. Be ready for a short reading quiz demonstrating that you have read. Also, answer the following questions thoroughly: Text Dependent Questions for Oedipus at Colonus 1. What is a talisman? Why is Oedipus now a talisman for the government who holds him? Why is the word talisman used versus good luck charm? 2. What similarity does King Theseus have with King Oedipus? 3. Why do Creon, Polyneices, and Eteocles all want to claim Oedipus now? 4. Analyze Creon’s entering words on page 130-131. How does Creon attempt to portray ethos to Theseus? 5. Analyze Creon’s speech to Oedipus (pg 130-131). In what ways does he try to sway Oedipus to come to Thebes? 6. Analyze Oedipus defense of himself on page 145. Summarize what Oedipus’ says to Creon in a paragraph. Then identify the following for Oedipus’ eloquent and rhetorically powerful speech: A. What is Oedipus Purpose? B. What is Oedipus Claim? C. Identify two supports that Oedipus uses to support his argument/claim. D. Write out examples of the following literary & rhetorical devices found in Oedipus speech on pages 144-145: rhyme; alliteration; repetition; rhetorical question; antithesis; parallel structure; coordinated conjunctions; anecdote; metaphor. 7. What is Oedipus strongest evidence in your opinion to prove his case? 8. Since Creon can not win Oedipus’ return through words, what does he do to compel Oedipus’ return? What does this reveal about Creon’s personality?