Choose ONE question from the Oedipus group, below, and ONE from the Antigone group, below.Respond to each in about 200 words, for a total of 400 words. Each response must include at least one quote from the text in question to support your assertion. Use MLA format to cite your source.The first sentence of your post should make clear, in boldface type, which question you are answering.Within 24 hours, post a meaningful and in-depth reply to a classmate.Oedipus 1. “Dramatic irony is a relationship of contrast between a character’s limited understanding of his or her situation in some particular moment of the unfolding action and what the audience, at the same instant, understands the character’s situation actually to be.” Where do we see dramatic irony in this drama?2. What details about Jocasta make her part in the story tragic? (Greek tragedy aims to arouse fear and pity in the audience through plots that involve human suffering.) Antigone1. Why does Antigone feel it is her duty to bury Polyneices? Why doesn’t Ismene?2. Is Creon a tragic figure? Do you feel sympathy for him at the end as someone who initially tried to do good yet was overwhelmed by circumstance, or do you believe that he is a bullying, misogynistic control-freak who gets what he deserves? Try to come up with arguments for both sides. Could the play have been called Creon instead?3. Does Antigone take responsibility for her situation or are others accountable?For This or a Similar Paper Click Here To Order Now
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