The Wild Duck #1

PoV/Characters

From whose point of view is the story told?

The story is told by all the actors within the play, since it's a play and there's no actual narrator besides the description of the stage movements.

Does this change?

No it does not.

How reliable is the narrative voice?

Very reliable since it's from the actors/characters themselves.

How well does the reader get to know the characters?

They only get to scratch the surface of each characters. Besides a few under the breath

comments, there's no insight into what the character is thinking. We can only analyze them

from their interactions with each other, they don't get to see the thought processes of these

characters actions.

How credible are they?

Somewhat credible, refer to previous question for a more definitive answer.

How are they presented?

Knowledge of the characters are presented by the interactions the characters have with

the other characters.

How does the writer persuade us to like/sympathize with some characters and

dislike others?

By the actions each individual character does and how they speak.

Blooms Taxonomy #1 & #2

Greek Tragedy

Is the Shepard/Herdsman a positive influence in Oedipus's life because he has revealed the truth and the truth is what matters? Or is truth on the tip of the fence of morality for us to determine when it is right to tell it.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Does Goldilocks represent the basic nature of a human being? The basic nature being selfish

curiosity, that in the end you are only doing everything for yourself.

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.

IOP Journal 5

Wecker approved my idea and I will be making last minute huge changes to my IOP. I will be comparing the structure of Pablo Neruda's political and love poems. Things I'm doing today

Making my Presentation Outline

Choosing a Love Poem and analyzing it

Choosing a Political Poem and analyzing it

Comparing the structures of those poems

-Conclusion: Pablo Neruda presents different emotional responses through the structure of his poems.

Get a transparency of those poems to present

IOP Journal 4

While I was narrowing down which poem I was going to analyze I had the idea in class that I could compare the structure of Pablo's love poems and political poems. Going to run it by Wecker tomorrow.

Anyways, didn't do much for my IOP today to be honest, focusing on the IB tests. Will do everything for my IOP tomorrow if Wecker approves my new idea, if she doesn't well than I'm basically already done. Will make up for the lack of writing in tomorrow's journal since I didn't work on my IOP today.

Oedipus #2

Wednesday's Homework

• Read to page 210
• Journal: How does the background information on Greek Theater and History inform your reading of Oedipus? Use specific examples to explore the connections between context and content.

Lines 549-577

CHORUS But this rep

roach, it may be, came from wrath

All hasty, rather than from judgment calm.

CREON And who informed him that the seer, seduced

By my false counsel, spoke his lying words?

CHORUS The words were said, but on what grounds I know not.

CREON And was it with calm eyes and judgment clear,

The charge was brought against my name and fame?

CHORUS I cannot say. To what our rulers do

I close my eyes. But here he comes himself.

This part in the text relates to the chorus's that these playwrights used in their plays. So far there have been 4 distinct actors that have been given names.

Oedipus

Teiresias

Creon

Jocasta

Sophocles first introduced 3 actors, I guess what made this a masterpiece is the fact that he added a 4th actor and a couple extras such as the boy that guided Teiresias and the attendant that came with Jocasta.

Lines 651-663

CREON What seek’st thou, then? to drive me from the land?

OEDIPUS Not so. I seek not banishment, but death.

CREON When thou show’st first what grudge I bear to thee?

OEDIPUS

And say’st thou this defying, yielding not?

CREON I see thy judgment fails.

OEDIPUS

I hold mine own.

CREON Mine has an equal claim.

OEDIPUS

Thou villain born!

CREON And if thy mind is darkened…?

OEDIPUS

Still obey!

CREON Not to a tyrant ruler.

OEDIPUS

O my country!

CREON I, too, can claim that country. ’Tis not thine!

Sophocles would increase the complexity of his characters. The fact that he added a conflict between Oedipus and Creon creates this new type of dialog and conversations that only exists between these two characters.

Oedipus #1

Conversations between characters and/or authors

Oedipus lines 8-13:

Myself, whom all name Oedipus the Great.—

Do thou, then, agèd Sire, since thine the right

To speak for these, tell clearly why ye stand

Awe-stricken, or adoring; speak to me

As willing helper. Dull and cold this heart

To see you prostrate thus, and feel no ruth.

Priest lines 14-16:

Yes, Oedipus, thou ruler of my land,

Thou seest us how we sit, as suppliants, bowed

Around thine altars; some as yet unfledged

and...

Priest lines 44-47:

And now, O Oedipus, most honoured lord,

We pray thee, we, thy suppliants, find for us

Some succour, whether floating voice of God,

Or speech of man brings knowledge to thy soul

What really makes me wonder is what Oedipus had done to deserve this such love from a loyal citizen. How was his method of becoming so powerful? Was he born into it? Or was he part of a comedy before he became a tragedy? His loyal servants seem to worship him as a God and it interests me how exactly he got to that point.

Oedipus thinks he's so great that he refers to himself as Oedipus the Great. Which leads me to think that me must have done something great to reach that level of confidence, but then again, back than most people were either born into power or took it by force. I would like to know which of these methods he chose and hopefully it is answered later in the book.

I think it is highly unlikely that he took power by force, there's a possibility that he overthrew an oppressive government but that's not likely since people who sought power sought it to take control and not to liberate. Proof to show this is that everyone loves him, which means he probably didn't take power by force and which leads me to believe that he did something great to obtain power.