Oedipus Rex Resources

The Riddle of the Sphinx:
The Sphinx stopped travelers on the road to Thebes and posed them a riddle. If they answered wrong, they died. The hero Oedipus was asked the following question: "What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three at close of day?"  Click here for the answer.

Oedipus Rex, Robert Fagles, translation Part 1
Oedipus Rex, Robert Fagles translation, Part 2 (begin on page 82)

Oedipus Tyrannus, modern translation

Greek Theatre (slideshow)

The Theater of Ancient Greece -- An Intro. to Oedipus Rex (slideshow)

The Story of Oedipus (Animated cartoon)

Discussion Questions

Tragedy Unit Overview & Expectations

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

AP Lit. Terms Quiz 

--Rime of the Ancient Mariner (text on ActivelyLearn)
--Rime of the Ancient Mariner w/ Gustave Dore illustrations
--Gustave Dore illustrations w/ text (larger size illustrations)
--Rime of the Ancient Mariner (alternate text 1)
--alternate Text 2 with Audio & Study Questions
--Brief Review:  Rime of the Ancient Mariner (recommended)
--Dynamos Rime of the Ancient Mariner Themes incl. "Great Chain of Being"
--Related articles

• "Just Breathe:  A Story of Survival & Gratitude"
• "The Transformative Power of Gratitude"
• "2019:  The Year for Gratitude"

Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Modern Culture
Rime of the Ancient Mariner & Pirates of the Caribbean
Iron Maiden, "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" lyrics and audio

Have you ever done something stupidly careless and known it was stupid at the time? 

If you have, then you can relate to the narrator of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

allegory: a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.  2.  a symbolical narrative: the allegory of Piers Plowman.

temporal: 1. of or relating to time.
2.pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly: temporal joys.
3. enduring for a time only; temporary; transitory (opposed to eternal ).

liminal: 1. relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process.
2. occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.

What does liminal mean to you? (short video)
Liminal Spaces/Crossings (video)
An article about modern liminal spaces is here.

Things Fall Apart Resources

Things Fall Apart Reading Schedule
for Monday, Sept. 9, read up to page 86
Tuesday, p. 115
Wednesday, 142
Thursday, 167
Friday, 197
Monday, Sept. 16, end of book, page 209.



Things Fall Apart online

Chinua Achebe biography

Chinua Achebe on Nigeria & Africa 50 years later (video)

Premium Times Nigeria (Nigerian newspaper online)
The Guardian (Nigerian newspaper online)

William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming"  (poem)

Gender Role Test (Take the test once for yourself.  If you have time, take it again for Okonkwo).
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"Turning and turning in the widening gyre   

The falcon cannot hear the falconer; 

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; 

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world . . . "

                        --from Yeats, "The Second Coming"