project in English on Oepipus Rex?

Question

I have to do this project. It can be anything like a collage, power point, skit. It just has to show significance to the story and prove a point or something. HELP!!!!

Answer 1

Oedipus Rex is a very complicated story!! It's not "simply" about incest etc etc etc.
It's also looking at the role of "authorities", in this case the Oracle of Delphi, which made the prophecy. Both Oedipus and Jocasta insist that they "don't believe in such things"; but they actually did. In taking the prophecy literally, they both took actions which ultimately led to the fulfillment of the prophecy. But they had free will, the entire time.
I suggest the point at which Oedipus is questioning the messenger, and it begins to dawn on him, that he is the murderer! BUT, he doesn't want to face it. That's known as "being in denial".
Perhaps you can do that scene, and then pose the question, about what "authorities" do people listen to in our present time, that may actually be manipulating people from "behind the scenes". What kinds of things do people wish to ignore?

Answer 2

There is an overview and commentary located here:
http://www.awerty.com/oedipus2.html

More detailed information including:
ClassicNote on Oedipus Rex / Oedipus the King
About Sophocles
About Oedipus Rex / Oedipus the King
Character List
Short Summary
Full Summary and Analysis
Summary and Analysis of Oedipus the King
Related Links
Author of ClassicNote and Sources
Purchase the Book and Related Material
Test Yourself! Quiz 1
Test Yourself! Quiz 2
Essays
Forum

located here:
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/oedipus/

Answer 3

Oedipus rex is an "Opera-oratorio" by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto was written by Jean Cocteau in French and then translated by Abbe Jean Daniélou into Latin (the narration, however, is performed in the language of the audience). The work is sometimes performed in the concert hall as an oratorio (as was its original performance in the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris on May 30, 1927) or onstage as an opera (first onstage performance at the Vienna State Opera on February 23, 1928. It was subsequently presented three times by the Santa Fe Opera in 1960, 1961, and 1962 with the composer in attendance.

Stravinsky's music is an example of neo-classicism. He had considered setting the opera in Ancient Greek, but decided ultimately on Latin, in his words "a medium not dead but turned to stone."

Answer 4

Oedipus Rex. It's pronounced Edipus. It means Kind Oedipus, since he was a king. Rex is Latin. It goes rex, regis.

He wanted to kill his father to have sex with his mother. People with this problem now have the clinicla term of Oedipus Complex. The opposite (kill your mother and have sex with father) has now been named the Elecktra Complex.

Answer 5

edipus rex is an "Opera-oratorio" by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto was written by Jean Cocteau in French and then translated by Abbe Jean Daniélou into Latin (the narration, however, is performed in the language of the audience). The work is sometimes performed in the concert hall as an oratorio (as was its original performance in the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris on May 30, 1927) or onstage as an opera (first onstage performance at the Vienna State Opera on February 23, 1928. It was subsequently presented three times by the Santa Fe Opera in 1960, 1961, and 1962 with the composer in attendance.Stravinsky's music is an example of neo-classicism. He had considered setting the opera in Ancient Greek, but decided ultimately on Latin, in his words "a medium not dead but turned to stone."

Orchestration
Oedipus Rex is scored for a medium-large orchestra consisting of

Piccolo (played by flute 3)
3 flutes
2 oboes
Cor anglais
Clarinets (3 players):
3 in B-flat
3 in A
1 in E-flat
2 bassoons
Contrabassoon
4 horns
4 trumpets in C
3 trombones
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (2 players):
Bass drum
Cymbals
Snare drum
Harp
Piano
Violin (1st and 2nd)
Viola
Cello
Bass
Characters
Oedipus, king of Thebes (tenor)
Jocasta, his wife and mother (mezzo-soprano)
Creon, Jocasta's brother (bass-baritone)
Teiresias, soothsayer (basso)
Shepherd (tenor)
Messenger (bass-baritone) (usually the same singer as for Creon)
Narrator (spoken)
Plot synopsis
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Act I
The Narrator greets the audience, explaining the nature of the drama they are about to see, and setting the scene: Thebes is suffering from a plague, and the men of the city lament it loudly. Oedipus, king of Thebes and conqueror of the Sphinx promises to save the city. Creon, brother-in-law to Oedipus, returns from the oracle at Delphi and declaims the words of the gods: Thebes is harboring the murderer of Laius, the previous king. It is the murderer who has brought the plague upon the city. Oedipus promises to discover the murderer and cast him out. He questions Tiresias, the soothsayer, who at first refuses to speak. Angered at this silence, Oedipus accuses him of being the murderer himself. Provoked, Tiresias speaks at last, stating that the murderer of the king is a king. Terrified, Oedipus then accuses Tiresias of being in league with Creon, who he believes covets the throne. With a flourish from the chorus, Jocasta appears.
Act II
Jocasta calms the dispute by telling all the oracles always lie. An oracle had predicted that Laius would die at his son's hand, when in fact he was murdered by bandits at the crossing of three roads. This frightens Oedipus further: he recalls killing an old man at a crossroads before coming to Thebes. A messenger arrives: King Polybus of Corinth, who Oedipus believes to be his father, has died. However, it is now revealed that Polybus was only the foster-father of Oedipus, who had been, in fact, a foundling. An ancient shepherd arrives: It was he who had found the child Oedipus in the mountains. Jocasta, realizing the truth, flees. At last, the messenger and shepherd state the truth openly: Oedipus is the child of Laius and Jocasta, killer of his father, husband of his mother. Shattered, Oedipus leaves. The messenger then reports the death of Jocasta: she has hanged herself in her chambers. Oedipus broke into her room and put out his eyes with her pin. Oedipus departs Thebes forever as the chorus at first vents their anger and then mourns the loss of a king they loved

Answer 6

Make a presentation on the causes and effects of incest .