1st Hour Scribe (December 8, 2014)

The class separated into two groups. One group worked on their essay while the other read the book Oedipus. 

• The group reading Oedipus got to page 49.

                            Thebes                                                                 Corinth

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                     Laius  ---> Jocasta                                                Polybus -->Merope
                  Oedipus                                                                                  |
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    Oedipus runs into Laius and kills him.        <---------------- Oedipus "Swollen Foot"

• Laius and Jocasta are married 
• Proficey that said their baby would grow up and kill his father (Laius) and marry his mother (Jocasta) 
• Once the baby is born a shephard took the child to the mountains to kill him. But the shepard wouldn't follow through with the plan to kill the baby.
• The Queen of Corinth (Merope) and King (Polybus) took in the baby and named him Oedipus.
• Oedipus travels to Thebes.
• He runs into King Laius and kills him without knowing who he is.
• He then marries Queen Jocasta and has four kids with her.
• Oedipus is on a mission to find out who killed the King of Thebes.
• People working on the essay just worked on the outline today. (There is an outline on the webpage.)
• Homework is to do the first introduction paragraph and to start working on the first body paragraph of the essay.