Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?
Nuance Academy: None
After today I should be able to: Identify what is important in a text.
Reading: None
Agenda:
- Writing commentary assessment.
- Sophocles further develops Oedipus's deteriorating leadership through his confrontation with Creon, revealing how his earlier defensiveness escalates into extreme paranoia and suspicion, which exposes the destructive influence of his pride. Take, for example, how Oedipus accuses Creon of conspiring against him, declaring, “You planned it, you had it done, you thought it out, and you did the murder." Furthermore, Oedipus questions Creon's loyalty and accuses him of attempting to seize the throne, asking, “What do you want? To take my place and rule?."
- This evidence suggests...because typically...
- Consequently since... (show cause and effect)
- Therefore...due to the fact that...
- Literature provides the evidence, but ideas provide the argument. Argue ideas, not things!
Homework:
- Membean session
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