Oedipus+-+PRACTICE+QUESTIONS

=//**Oedipus Rex**// – Practice questions: Perhaps using the [|key quotes], plan answers to these questions. =


 * 1) ==What is the purpose of the opening scenes in two of the plays you have studied?==
 * 2) =='Drama is primarily a didactic form; it teaches lessons about life.' Discuss this statement with regard to two or three plays.==
 * 3) =='Well-constructed characters, like real human beings, embody ambiguity.' Discuss this statement with regard to two or three plays.==
 * 4) ==Are all great dramatic characters inherently flawed? Answer with regard to two or three plays.==
 * 5) ==Is it necessary for characters to change and develop in order for drama to be successful?==
 * 6) =='Drama shows that true wisdom is hard-won and expensive.' Do you agree?==
 * 7) =='Even the darkest plays are essentially optimistic about human nature.' Discuss this statement with regard to two or three plays.==
 * 8) =='The greatest plays are generally very pessimistic about human nature.' Discuss this statement with regard to two or three plays.==
 * 9) =='Both tragedy and comedy are about humanity's lack of control in life.' Discuss this statement with regard to two or three plays.==
 * 10) ==Does drama need to have a clear, unambiguous moral or lesson in order to be successful?==

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