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Table of Contents

Literary Elements
• Setting
• Character List
• Conflict
• Short Summary (Synopsis)
• Themes
• Mood
• Sophocles - Biography
• Literary/Historical Information
• Historical Context of the Play

Scene Summaries with Notes
• Prologue and Parados
• Exposition (Lines 216-462 and First Stasimon (Lines 463-512)
• Rise in Action (Lines 513-910)
• Climax (Lines 911-1222)
• Exodus (The Outcome) (Lines 1223-1531)

Overall Analyses
• Character Analysis
• Plot Structure Analysis
• Themes - Theme Analysis
• Dramatic Irony

Questions
• Study Questions - Essay Topics - Book Report Ideas

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