THET110 Final Exam Study GuidePlays:1. Oedipusa. By Sophoclesb. Tragedyc. Set in Thebesd. Summaryi. Plague strikes Thebesii. Oedipus, the king, must solve murder of who killed Laiusiii. Tiresias tells Oedipus that he is the murderer; tells him that Laius’s murderer will be both father and brother to his own children, and the son of his own wifeiv. Jocasta (Oedipus’s wife) tells Oedipus that Laius got a prophecy that he was going to be killed by his son, but his son was cast out of Thebes as a baby and Laius was murdered by a band of thievesv. Jocasta tells Oedipus that Laius was killed at a 3-way crossroads, and Oedipus realizes he killed himvi. Oedipus tells of his prophecy that he would kill his father and sleep with his mothervii. Shepherd tells Oedipus he came to Corinth as an orphan to live with his foster parents—Laius and Jocasta sent him away with the messengersviii. Jocasta realizes what has happened and hangs herselfix. Oedipus pokes his eyes out and is exiled from Thebes2. Hamleta. William Shakespeareb. Set in Denmarkc. Tragedyd. Summaryi. King Hamlet’s ghost appears to Prince Hamlet, telling him that his brotherClaudius killed him and to seek revengeii. Hamlet contemplates what to do, appears to be madiii. Claudius and Gertrude (his mother & queen) think he is in love with Ophelia, but they listen to their conversation and learn that he is notiv. Hamlet arranges a group of actors to put on a play that reenacts Claudius killing his brother to test him—he will react if he did kill himv. Claudius reacts, and Hamlet decides to kill him, but waits because Claudius is prayingvi. Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius through the curtain where he thinks Claudius is hidingvii. Hamlet is sent to England with Rosencrantz and Guildensternviii. Ophelia drowns herself in grief for her father’s (Polonius) deathix. Claudius convinces Laertes, Polonius’s son, to have a fencing match with Hamlet and Claudius will poison his blade so Hamlet will diex. Claudius also poisons a goblet as a back-up planxi. Hamlet declines the drink, Gertrude drinks it and diesxii. Laertes is cut by his own sword and tells Hamlet that Claudius is responsible for the queen’s deathxiii. Hamlet stabs Claudius with the poisonous sword and forces him to drink the gobletxiv. Claudius and Hamlet both die (Laertes wounds Hamlet with poisonous sword)3. A Doll’s Housea. Henrik Ibsenb. Set in Norway, Nora and Torvald’s living roomc. Realism, modern prose dramai. Detailed stage directions, middle class family, social problemsd. Summaryi. Dr. Rank comes to visit themii. Kristine Linde also visits them—Nora’s old friend who’s husband just died and left her with no kids or moneyiii. Mrs. Linde says she has no meaning in life, wants to know if Torvald can help employ heriv. Nora tells Mrs. Linde she illegally borrowed money for Torvald’s trip to Italy to help cure his illnessv. She told Torvald the money was from his fathervi. Nora secretly works and saves money to repay the debtvii. Krogstad (works with Torvald) and Torvald have a meeting and Torvald says they can probably hire Mrs. Lindeviii. Nora and Krogstad are left alone, they talk and Krogstad is revealed to be the source of the secret loanix. Krogstad tells Nora that Torvald threatened to fire him; asks Nora to convince him not to and blackmails her with the forgery of her father’s signaturex. Nora tries to convince Torvald not to fire Krogstad, but he refuses to listenxi. Torvald send the maid to deliver Krogstad’s letter of dismissalxii. Dr. Rank reveals to Nora that he is in love with her xiii. Krogstad sends letter to Torvald revealing Nora’s secretxiv. Mrs. Linde and Krogstad rekindle their old flamexv. Costume party—Torvald tells Nora how good she looked as she dancedxvi. Torvald reads Krogstad’s letter and tells Nora she is not fit to raise their childrenxvii. Helene (maid) brings in another letter in which Krogstad returns Nora’s contractxviii. Torvald is overjoyed, but Nora is affected by is words—says he has treated her like a “doll” to be played with and admired and leaves him4. Spurt of Blooda. Antonin Artaudb. Theater of Crueltyc. Goes beyond systems of language, instead opening the body to a fully sensual experienced. Induce a trance that might permit performers and audience members to escape or resist control of authoritarian regimes5. A Strong Breed6. A Raisin in the Suna. Lorraine Hansberryb. Set in Southern Chicago between 1945-1959c. Realist dramad. Summaryi. Youngers receive an insurance check for $10,000ii. Mama wants to buy a house with the money; Walter Lee wants to use it to invest in a liquor store with his friends; Ruth wants to use it on Travis, their son; Beneatha wants to use it for medical school tuitioniii. Ruth becomes pregnant and is considering abortioniv. Mama puts a down payment on a house in a white neighborhood (Clybourne Park)v. Karl Lindner (Clybourne Park Improvement Association) offers the Youngers money so that they don’t move into the house—they refusevi. Walter loses the rest of the money to his friend Willy Harris, who promises him to invest in the liquor store and then runs off with the moneyvii. Beneatha rejects George Murchison (wealthy black man), and accepts a marriage proposal from Joseph Asagai who embraces African cultureviii. The Youngers move to Clybourne Park7. Triflesa. Susan Glaspellb. Set in Iowa, around 1900c. Summaryi. John Wright has been murdered—someone tied a rope around his neck in the middle of the nightii. The sheriff, his wife (Mrs. Peters), the county attorney, and the neighbors (Mr. and Mrs. Hale) enter the kitchen of the Wright household to look for cluesiii. The men go upstairs, because they claim nothing important is in the kitcheniv. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters look in the kitchen—notice that there are ruined fruit preserves, bread left out of the box, unfinished quilt, empty bird cagev. The women state that it must have been hard to live with Mr. Wright, since he was cold and oppressivevi. Find dead bird in a box that was strangled—they do not tell the menvii. Mrs. Wright compared to a bird before she married Mr. Wright, she was happy, free, sweet, pretty – he ruined that for her8. Clit Notesa. Holly Hughesb. One actor neededc. Made out with her momd. Cut a girl’s hair9. Renta. Jonathon Larsonb. Set in NYCc. Summaryi. Mark and Roger about to get evicted by landlord Benny Coffinii. Tom Collins shows up and gets mugged—Angel finds
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