Adapted from Aimee Pierce, BYU, 2003.
http://novelinks.org/uploads/Novels/OedipusRex/Anticipation%20Guide.pdf
Oedipus Anticipation Guide
Read the following statements. Mark the degree to which you either disagree (1) or agree (5) with each statement.
1. 1 2 3 4 5 It is possible to escape or trick fate.
2. 1 2 3 4 5 If we truly know ourselves, nothing bad will ever happen to us.
3. 1 2 3 4 5 We should not attempt to justify our actions, good or bad.
4. 1 2 3 4 5 Family secrets are best kept as just that – secrets.
5. 1 2 3 4 5 If you are in charge, you are allowed to be exempt from consequences.
6. 1 2 3 4 5 We should engage ourselves in bettering our community, even it if is ourselves that we must change.
7. 1 2 3 4 5 Society answers the sins of the parents on the heads of the children.
8. 1 2 3 4 5 There is more than one way to see.
9. 1 2 3 4 5 It is better to place blame on those around us than to look inside ourselves.
10. 1 2 3 4 5 There are no coincidences.
11. 1 2 3 4 5 All types of pride are evil.
From the list above, choose one statement with which you strongly agree OR disagree and explain your reasoning in the space below.
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Oedipus Notes Review
What is the most important thing you learned in the Prezi notes?
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What is the most confusing (“muddiest”) thing in the Prezi notes?
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What would you title your notes?
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Would you consider this extended family to be “normal” or “crazy”? What makes them that way?
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In exactly 15-20 words (no more, no less) summarize these notes.
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Adapted from Aimee Pierce, BYU, 2003.
http://novelinks.org/uploads/Novels/OedipusRex/Anticipation%20Guide.pdf