In sophocles's greek tragedy oedipus the king, oedipus discovers that he has unknowingly killed his biological father and married his birth mother. the horror of this truth causes jocasta, oedipus’s wife/mother, to hang herself and oedipus to stab himself in the eyes. what element of greek tragedy do these final two acts give expression to?

catastrophe

hamartia

anagnorisis

catharsis

hubris

Read this excerpt from white fang by jack london. the qualities in his kind that in the beginning made it possible for them to come in to the fires of men, were qualities capable of development. they were developing in him, and the camp-life, replete with misery as it was, was secretly endearing itself to him all the time. but white fang was unaware of it. he knew only grief for the loss of kiche, hope for her return, and a hungry yearning for the free life that had been his. which quotation from the paragraph supports the story’s theme of homesickness? “the camp life . . was secretly endearing itself to him all the time.” “but white fang was unaware of it.” “he knew only . . a hungry yearning for the free life that had been his.” “the qualities in his kind . . were qualities capable of development.”

What causes cassius to delay killing caesar? a. the crowds around caesar b. a violent storm c. brutus’s reluctance d. the disorganization it the resistance

Which characteristic of james baldwin’s “notes of a native son” qualify as a work of literary nonfiction