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__Paper Organization__ Point - clear, stated main idea Examples/Evidence - Terms - literary terms and techniques Expand/ Elaborate- unpack the text Response - personal reflection

Literary Analysis - "I" is okay to use

__Compare/Contrast Paper (600 - 800 words )__ 3 quotes Double Spaced Due Monday beginning of class Point O and A 1) similarities 2) differences 1. Intro - (why is this significant?) 2. Body Paragraphs A-s O-s 3. Connects O and A p - they are similar e - they both grow on trees t - imagery e - therefore this is what scientists call fruit r - i love fruit because they look beautiful on trees 4. Conclusion -recap the thesis Outline Paragraph

Once Oedipus is told what he is in quest of, he does not want to believe and accept the truth. Even his wife, Jocaste, tries to deny the truth by saying, “Laius was killed by marauding strangers where three highways meet” (Fitzgerald 38). This makes it seem that more than one person committed the murder and Oedipus could not have been responsible because he knows he was alone. I believe that Jocaste knows the truth but does not want to admit to it because it looks bad on her part and the oracle was right. Oedipus tries to find ways to exonerate or absolve from his deeds. The author created dramatic irony by giving us clues that Oedipus, indeed, killed his father and married his mother like the oracle had said. I think Oedipus is an important character but not quick witted or self - reliant. He bore children with his mother. Antigone, Ismene, Eteocles, and Polyneices are left without a father and mother when he leaves and Jocaste takes her own life. Papers