Wednesday

Today we need to take a quiz, discuss what will be on the final, and what is coming up.

FINAL: Short Stories, A Brave New World, and Oedipus Rex 

Oedipus Rex Test

1) How does Oedipus Rex fit the traditional role of a Tragic Hero?

2) What does the chorus do in a Greek play?  What is their function?

3) How does this play fit the theme: Person vs. Fate.

4) List two ironies in this play and discuss why they are ironic.

6) What is the climax of the play?

7) What is the resolution?

8)   Discuss the purpose of the following parts of a Greek tragedy:

Prologue:

Exodus:

9) Why does Iocaste tell Oedipus about her baby?  What detail of her story catches Oedipus’s attention?  What does he begin to suspect?

10) Who is the Messenger?  What message does he bring and what does he reveal about Oedipus’s past?

11) What does the shepherd finally reveal?  Why is he so reluctant to say it?

12) Who does Oedipus say is responsible for his actions?

13) What moral does the Chorus see in all this?

14) Why do Oedipus and Teiresias quarrel?  

Students will be able to

 

1)  Outline the plot

2)  Discuss Brave New World as a 3-part structure

3)  Discuss the importance of the following characters (including the meaning/allusions of their names): Bernard Marx, John the Savage, Linda, Lenina, D.H.C. (Tomakin), Mustapha Mond, Helmholtz Watson, Henry Foster, Fanny Crowne, Pope.

4)  Give and explain at least three scenes that fit the following themes:  The Meaning of Freedom, Individual vs. Society, The Meaning of Power

5)  Discuss five ways people are controlled in this society

6)  Discuss the title and how its meaning changes throughout the course of the novel

7)  Discuss whether or not the novel contains any elements of hope

8)  Discuss why Shakespeare is referenced so often

9)  List and discuss at least three literary and three historical allusions and how they relate to the meaning of the novel as a whole

10)          Explain how and why everyone is similar

11)          List Two Symbols other than FORD and discuss how they relate to the meaning of the novel as a whole.

12)          List and explain three ironies

13)          Discuss death in this novel and the deaths of the following: Linda, John, and the average person in this society.

14)          Explain the “Bokanovsky Process”

15)          Analysis with proof from the text whether Mustapha Mond is really powerful or is controlled by society as much as everyone else.

16)          Keep a chapter by chapter reading blog.

17)          Create a drawing/poster of a major scene in A Brave New World and explain the meaning of that scene.

Essential Questions:

What is the price of freedom? 

Is technology a good thing?

How does heritage shape us?

What if everyone was the same?

What are the dangers of genetic engineering? 

What is the meaning of family or home?