QUESTION II (50 points: 25 points each)– Use a minimum of 5 quotations for each question and explain their significance fully.
Explain why Medea in Euripides’ Medea was or was not justified in her actions.
Explain the character and role of Teiresias, the blind prophet or soothdayer, in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and Antigone.
Discuss the role of the chorus throughout each of the three Greek tragedies we have read: Oedipus the King, Antigone, and Medea.
What is the Chorus’ view of the main character at the beginning of the play, in the middle of the play, and at the end of each tragic drama.
4. Compare and contrast two women from the literature that we have read.
Select two of the following women: Chryseis, Penelope, Jocasta, Antigone, Ismene, Medea, Sita, or Draupadi
Compare and contrast two men from the literature that we have read. Select two of the following men: Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Achilles, Agamemnon, Hector, Odysseus, Telemachus, Oedipus, Tiresias, Kreon, Jason, Rama, and Laksmana. Do not use any characters you discussed in question #1.
Discuss the role the gods played in any two works of literature that we have read; for example, the role of Athena and Zeus in the Iliad and the Odyssey; the role of Ishtar and Shamash in the Epic of Gilgamesh; the role of Apollo in Oedipus the King; the role of Zeus, Aphrodite, and Hades in Antigone; and the role of Hecate, Themis, and Artemis in Medea. There are many other gods you can select.
