Extended Terms In Sophocles 'Oedipus The King'

Another example of figurative language is used in lines 166-167 it says “...I see her now… just look at your build, your bearing,your lithe flowing grace…” (6.166-167). This shows that

An ideology is a group of ideas (social, economic, culture, etc) about life and accepted as reality by the majority of people in a society. These set of ideas are used by different organizations in the society such as: school, and government, among other, to reinforce such ideology. In a society an ideology serves as means to perpetuate and justify the power of the dominant group.

“Ideology is a cluster of ideas about life, society or government, which originates, in most cases, as consciously advocated dogmatically asserted social, political or religious slogans or battle-cries and which through continuous usage and preaching’s gradually become the

This form of writing used by the Author, often referred to as imagery or figurative language, is also present throughout the entirety of the text. Some examples include, The Garden a reoccurring statement, symbolising the growth in

The meaning of farce is crazy or annoying and the meaning of desperado means a criminal. The banker was dismissed because he answered, “yes” (Document F) to all of their questions and had already formed an opinion. Twain disapproves of the way they dismissed the banker. It was all over the papers and all of the town people were discussing the trial. The banker was answering honestly, so would have been honest when it came to the trial.

Your reading assignment for the summer consists of two works: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and a work of your choice from an

Julius Caesar by Shakespeare is the most interesting story we learnt this term. It is juicy because there are huge number of different rhetorical devices in the sentence. Those rhetorical devices include logos, ethos, and pathos which look like the condiments that make the speech in the story logical, credible, and touch reader’s emotion. That’s why people love to read the story once and once more. So it is necessary for us to understand how to make our passage better by using rhetorical devices.

would like the reader to focus on and receive from what the author is trying to portray.

Using realism (-ing), Twain captivates the reader. The contrast between the slaves and aristocrats, Tom’s economic trouble, and the vernacular of the Dawson’s Landing townspeople display realism. It displays realism because social class contrast, financial issues, and modern language are empathetic topics. One is able to apply the issues in the novel to his own life. However, there is one very prominent message in the book. The moral of the story is to not let social class define who you are. Do not be blinded by the standards others put on you and do not judge others based on their origins. Do not be arrogant like Tom; be humble like Chambers. Life is too short to judge others and to live on a pedestal because sooner or later you will have to learn that we are all equal no matter the

In Chapters 2-4 of Political Communication Rhetoric, Government, and Citizens by Dan F. Hahn, the author talks about the different ideologies and talks about definitions. According to Hahn, ideology is society’s belief structure. Ideology can be used in arguments and an example Hahn provided would be apples because of it’s complexity in regards to the variety and so on. One form of ideology is political ideology. Political ideology is society’s political belief structure. The two primary political ideologies in the United States are liberalism and conservatism. Liberalism is founded by two religious arguments and those two arguments are we are created free by God; no one lower can command us and one can make a good mistake as long as one choose between right and wrong. For conservatism, it’s founded by the rules that God provide for humans; no one lower can alter the rules and one can make a good mistake as long as it is in

What 3 fundamental concepts are important to understanding and explaining the rhetorical function of the parody?

plague of Thebes, a historical epidemic in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex." Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(1): pp. 153-157. Web. Retrieved from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310127/. [Accessed on 24 September 2012].

Over two thousand years ago in 400 B.C. Sophocles, a Greek dreamer, wrote the story, “Oedipus the King”. One might think that a story that old may be boring or poorly written, but in fact it is very descriptive and entertaining. Sophocles even employs different literary devices to enhance the themes throughout the story. Some of these techniques includes: metaphor, personification, imagery, symbolism, tone, meter, setting, and diction.

Over the extensive history of the theatre arts, most of the many plays and productions fall into unique categories in regards to structure. The two most simplest of the structural categories are climactic and episodic. A climactic structure, or alternatively known as an intensive structure, contains a play in which all components are restricted as the main conflict in the story commences late into the play and only a little time passes until the story occurs. Everything is restricted to a few components. There are not as many characters, scenery change and very limited amounts of action. climactic structures focuses heavily on the climax in contrast to other structures. One notable example of a climactic performance is Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. The story of Oedipus is that of tragedy and despair as Oedipus and his family are unable to escape the fate that Oedipus has had since birth. The exposition and starting action (in this case, the events that led up to him to being king of Thebes) occur before the play and is only ever talked about. The play only takes place in the castle and has only four primary characters. Ultimately, Oedipus Rex only takes place within a day and primarily focuses on the realization and aftermath of the story of Oedipus and his sins, or the climax. All these components that define a climactic structure of production are found in the aforementioned play by Sophocles, strengthening what a climactic structure is and the vast potential a climactic play

Being that Huckleberry Finn’s father is the town drunk, later learning his plots of stealing gold,