Oedipus Vocabulary

2. a prediction of someone's life based on the idea of fate/destiny
7. the first trait of a tragic hero, meaning that they are born into privilege
9. when the audience knows something that the character's do not
10. the third characteristic of a tragic hero, meaning that they are fated lose their status
11. aka epiphany, the part where the tragic hero realizes or learns something right after losing their status.

1. a giant winged monster with the body of a lion and the head of a woman (there is a statue of one in Egypt)
3. a priest/priestess chosen by the gods to see into the future
4. a word for excessive pride/being really self-centered
5. when the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens
6. When a speaker says the opposite of what they mean
8. a negative trait that leads to a tragic hero's loss of status