Oedipus #4

Did not do Journal entry 3.

Setting

Cultural Setting

Cultural settings include a belief in more than 1 God. Each God represents a different meaning such as Athena the God of War and Love. This is a time where kings ruled, in this case it is Oedipus.

Geographical Setting

Takes place in the city of Thebes, where Oedipus rules. Thebes is a city-state just like all the other cities in Greece.

Historical Setting

Back than, there weren't any states like what we have in the United States. Instead they had these things called city-states where cities were the states themselves.

The time this book took place was around the fifth century before Christ.

What effect does the setting have on story, character, theme?

Effects on story are such things as it gives us an insight into what life was like way back than, this goes the same for character. For example, we see characters back than as very sophisticated, gentlemen, and old world like because of the English translation of how they speak. Themes back than were very simplistic, and the setting of an ancient Greek city more than 2000 years ago gives that simplistic theme how should I say, a guideline question to our existence and questions on human behavior.