Term 1
During this term the book we are currently reading is Oedipus. Oedipus is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. This tells the story of a tragic hero Oedipus who was born to Laius and Jocasta, who got rid of him at birth due to a prophecy that Laius' son would later kill him. Years later Oedipus returns and saves the people of Thebes, due to he is the only one who can solve the riddle, and he marries the widowed queen of Jocasta. Later, Oedipus figures out that he killed his father, and married his mother and has children with her. Jocasta later commits suicide, and Oedipus stabs himself in his eyes.
College Essays were also a topic of this month as well as vocabulary quizzes.
During this term the book we are currently reading is Oedipus. Oedipus is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. This tells the story of a tragic hero Oedipus who was born to Laius and Jocasta, who got rid of him at birth due to a prophecy that Laius' son would later kill him. Years later Oedipus returns and saves the people of Thebes, due to he is the only one who can solve the riddle, and he marries the widowed queen of Jocasta. Later, Oedipus figures out that he killed his father, and married his mother and has children with her. Jocasta later commits suicide, and Oedipus stabs himself in his eyes.
College Essays were also a topic of this month as well as vocabulary quizzes.