Oedipus+Images

Place image on this page with two sentences explaining your choice and one quotation from the text that corresponds to your choice. Remember to put your name next to your choice. Remember that you must hit edit button in order to add an image or text to this page. calin: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jrmzwHlBOLE/TlqGkcBzs2I/AAAAAAAADas/8gVPDK-MJUQ/s1600/cattle%2Bwalking%2Bdown%2Bstairs.jpg

James: http://wetlandwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/110530_17_ominous-sky_low-res.jpg?w=500&h=333 I chose this image due to the illuminated highway driving towards much darker and ominous skies. It provides the illustration of the route that Oedipus must take due to the decisions he made and the consequences he must now suffer. "Drive me out of Thebes, in exile...Not I. Only the gods can give you that...Surely the gods hate me so much-" (Page 250, lines 1666-1668)

Maddie: http://markdroberts.com/images/walk-dark-light-5.jpg I chose an image of a man walking towards the light. Oedipus was in the dark about his family and who he was but at the end he was forced to face the truth that he sought.

Caroline: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4498944830_7e7a437c94.jpg I picked this picture because of the girl voluntarily taking off the covering from her eye. We can still see the fake eye (Oedipus' fake sight) but she chooses sight even though she looks scared by what she sees. "I must know it all, must see the truth at last." (pg 222, line 1171)

Charlotte: http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/product/77711/elvendedordealcatraces I chose this image because the bundle of flowers are a burden the woman must carry. The flowers (a metaphor for Oedipus' actions) force the woman to bend down, facing the ground with weakness because of her large burden. Page 240 lines 1450-1455

Meryl: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/316062.html “I tell you the truth, you gave me life my breath leapt up in you and now you bring down night upon my eyes.” The children represent the people of Thebes, brought to life by the mother in the picture but now feeling forsaken in the trying times. The mother, like Oedipus, appears to be above the suffering, but she is the one that suffers the most.

Nattalie: http://www.thefunnyblog.org/2011/03/22/least-have-tride-cute-husk/ I hope that this picture is an okay representation of Oedipus' demise. I think that Oedipus attempted to keep his life intact and avoid the terrible truth of his existence. However, because he had no control over his fate from his birth, he had no choice but to face reality. Fate defeated Oedipus, and I believe that the first husky's subdued face represents Oedipus after realizing the truth. I think that the second husky could maybe represent Tiresias, Chorus, etc. because I think that those two characters felt pity for Oedipus' tragedy. I think these quotes might prove my statements... :) Page 185 - lines 507-526 Page 251 - lines 1678-1684

Mallika: [] I think that Oedipus was blinded by his ignorance and by the fact that his entire life was a lie. When the things that made him the man he was ceased to exist, he felt lost and alone, much like this character. There is an irrecoverable feeling of helplessness that he faces when he is forced to ask himself, "who am I really?" The lines "I will not be convinced until I learn the whole truth of what these facts amount to" and his quest to find who he really is after thinking one thing for a long time was a lot like Truman in "The Truman Show."

Patrick- [] This statue shows a man thinking on a stone, similar to Oedipus when he had to think about the riddle of the Sphinx, but he also was left vulnerable as he has to contemplate the riddle. It also to his clouded judgement when he decided to over think a pre-determined prophecy that was told by an oracle, Oedipus instead tried to run away from this fate which in turn brought it straight back to him

Chase Evans: [] This image shows a man perplexed by his own reflection, unable to recognize himself. Like the man in the painting, Oedipus not only shows that he is blind and unwilling to accept his fate, but he also shows his failure to identify himself or define the phrase, "I am Oedipus" (line 9). On page 237, Oedipus yells in agony, "...blind to the ones you longed to see, to know!" (1408-1409). Oedipus fails to see and understand those he longs "to see" most (himself), just as the man in the mirror cannot recognize his own reflection.

Adam Suskin: http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4c236b057f8b9ae0490c0000/gladiator-thumbs-down.jpg I think of this character in //Gladiator// when I think of Oedipus. He puts the blame onto others or does not take the time to listen to his subjects if it is something that would harm him. Looking at Oedipus' conversation with Tiresias, from pages 178-180, Tiresias shows discomfort in saying what Oedipus is asking of him. When Tiresias finally "cracks," Oedipus is angered by such outrageous lies because he cannot even bear consider that what Tiresias is saying is actually true. "You, shameless--aren't you appalled to start up such a story? You think you can get away with this?" (402-404)

Courtney Clement: http://www.oregonwild.org/about/hikes_events/hikes-and-events-photo-gallery/2008-hikes-events-photo-gallery/trillium-lake-snowshoe-trek-2-2.08/atct_album_image?b_start=4 The girl in the orange jackets vision is impaired by the snow and is lead on a path not necessarily of her choice, but her path also effects the people coming behind her, like Oedipus realizes his fate effects his children. "Well let my destiny come take me on its way!...just thinking of all your days to come, the bitterness, the life that rough mankind will thrust upon you."

Laura Barber: http://www.cthepower.org/blind%20eye.jpg The person in this picture has their eye sown shut so that they cannot see anything, much like Oedipus is blind to the truth about his life. However, the person is using a knife, labeled with "truth" to cut away the stitches and open the eye. Oedipus must convince many people to tell him the truth, but he will stop at nothing until he has cut away his blindness. "And I'm at the edge of hearing horrors, yes, but I must hear!

Madeline Hill: I cant find the link I found my picture from but I printed it out so ill show it in class!

Maya Grimes: Picture: http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj481/lball10/Picture3.png Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQITWbAaDx0 The person in this picture is diving into deep, black water, with the light-washed rim of the hole in the background. This is akin to Oedipus facing his dark future and turning away from the light when the truth is revealed, saying "Dark, horror of darkness / //my// darkness, swirling around me / crashing wave on wave—unspeakable, irresistible / headwind, fatal harbor!" Also, the man in the picture almost seems to be free-falling into the water just as Oedipus free-falls into his inescapable fate.

Will Anderson: http://www.interestings.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the-man-made-of-mirrors-2.jpg This image depicts a man made of mirrors---mirrors which reflect only the outside world. Onlookers, seeing this man, would only see the beauty of the world reflected in him, but none of the inner doubts, sins, or misgivings of the man. This corresponds to how Oedipus's pride and code of honor have bound him to only see his accomplishments, and not to truly delve into his character. However, as the plot unfolds, Oedipus must rip the mirrors off and find himself-- not only to appease the gods, but also out of his own growing desire to know the truth.

Brandon Krupczak: http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2799 I chose this image because of General Patton's legendary arrogance. He believed he was reincarnated, and that his in his past lives he had been all of the great war generals of history. Both Patton and Oedipus are very arrogant, prideful men, and both are in command of a large amount of people - Oedipus of his city of Thebes, and General Patton of his army in World War Two. One quote from the play that illustrates Oedipus's arrogance is: "Now you have //me// to fight for you, you'll see:/ I am the land's avenger by all rights,/ Apollo's champion too."

Harry O'Connor: I have an image of a snail crawling along a wet road. When it is dry, the snail stays in its shell. When it has rained, the snail wanders. This reminds me of Oedipus because he, for his life as a young adult, stayed in his 'shell'. Suddenly, right when everything seemed alright, suddenly fate 'rained' on his parade. He emerged from his shell of ignorance and became a wanderer till the end of his days in the wet road, the aftermath of his realization.

Lucas Hardy: [|this image] represents Oedipus' literal and figurative blindness. His literal blindness is a result of the denoument of the play, while his figurative blindness is more his rashness and his lack of understanding about either his own past or the importance of fate in his life.

Kendall: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alm05/images/ENG_Kuzco.jpg This image shows an emperor, Kuzco (from the Emperor's New Groove), pointing to himself. Kuzco also has a fatal flaw (hamartia) of self-centeredness and he goes on a quest to find himself, just as Oedipus does. Oedipus' self-centeredness impairs his ability to see himself for what he truly is and obscures his bad choices. "You pray to the Gods? Let me grant your prayers." pg.171 line 245