Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Negros Oriental
Dumaguete City

DETAILED LESSON PLAN

DLP No.: 01 Learning Area: ARTS Grade Level: 9 Quarter:4th Duration: 50 mins.
Learning  Identify the elements and principles of arts as manifested Code: A9EL-IVc-3
Competency/ies: in Western Classical plays and opera

1. Objectives
Knowledge Discuss the story of their assigned western classical theater play.

Skills Differentiate the three theater play stories with each other

Attitudes Read with understanding the stories of selected western classical theater plays.

Values Wonder/Curiosity/Nature

2. Content/ Topic WESTERN CLASSICAL THEATER PLAYS

(Story of Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Romeo and Juliet)
3. Learning
Resources/ Book, laptop, tv, curriculum guide, lesson’s guide, internet
Materials/
Equipment

4. Procedures
4.1. Introductory  Prayer
Activity (__mins.)  Greetings
 Checking of Attendance
 Motivational Activity
A. MATCH THE PHRASE WITH A PICTURE
 The teacher will group the students into 3. Each group should match the
western classical theatre play they picked to the corresponding picture
posted on the board.
 What do you think are those things posted on the board?

4.2. Activity A. Instruct the students to seat with their groups

(__mins) B. Let each group read and discuss the stories of their assigned theatre play with the group
C. Tell them to share the story to the whole class

4.3. Analysis
( _mins.) 1. Based on the reporting, what have you understood?
2. How did you find the stories? Are their stories interesting?
3. Among the three theater play stories, which one do you like the most? Why?

4.4. Abstraction 1. Based on our discussion, what is our topic all about?
(__mins.) 2. What is Oedipus Rex all about?
3. What is Antigone all about?
4. What is Romeo and Juliet all about?

4.5. Application The teacher will draw a table with 3 columns. 1st column will be labeled Oedipus rex. 2nd
(___mins.) column is Antigone, and 3rd will be Romeo and Juliet. Each column will be filled out
with the important things mentioned in the story by the assigned groups. The more words
or phrase, the higher the points.
5. Assessment Written exam
( __ mins.)
6. Assignment Reflection or reaction about the stories.
(__min.)
7. Wrap- up/ Prayer then cleaning
Concluding
Activity (1min.)
Prepared by:

Name: Rachel R. Acibron School: Manjuyod National High School

Position/ Designation: Student-teacher Division: Negros Oriental Division

Contact Number: 09161414193 Email address:

 SUMMARY OF OEDIPUS REX

Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex begins as a Priest of Apollo asks King Oedipus of Thebes to help end the plague that is ravaging the

city. In response, Oedipus reveals that he has already sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to consult with the oracle of Apollo at

Delphi on the matter. Creon returns with the message that in order for the plague to end, the murderer of Laius, the

previous king of Thebes, must be brought to justice. According to the oracle, the murderer still resides within the city.

Oedipus, who arrived in Thebes after Laius’s death, asks Creon for the details of the murder. Creon explains that Laius was

killed by thieves while on his way to consult an oracle. Oedipus vows to exact revenge against the murderer and end the

plague.

In order to find the murderer, Oedipus summons the blind prophet Teiresias. When Oedipus asks about the identity of the

murderer, Teiresias is cryptic at first. He laments that there is little point in knowing the truth when the truth will bring

nothing but misery. However, when Oedipus insults Teiresias and accuses him of the murder, Teiresias angrily reveals that

Oedipus himself killed Laius. Oedipus assumes that Teiresias is working on behalf of Creon to dethrone him, and he angrily

rebukes the prophet. He accuses Teiresias of being talentless and boasts that he was the one who saved Thebes. When

Oedipus arrived, Thebes was held captive by a sphinx. In order to make her leave, Oedipus solved her riddle. After

successfully freeing the city, Oedipus was made king. Teiresias angrily rebukes Oedipus for not trusting in his skills as a

prophet, and he enigmatically reveals that Oedipus’s parents trusted his talents. As Teiresias departs, he delivers one final

prophecy: Oedipus is both the father and brother of his children, implying that he has married his mother.

After Teiresias leaves, Oedipus angrily confronts Creon, whom he believes is conspiring against him. He tells Creon to either

leave Thebes or die. Their argument is interrupted by the arrival of Jocasta, Oedipus’s wife and Creon’s sister. She scolds

them for arguing when there are more important matters to attend to. Creon departs, leaving Jocasta and Oedipus to

discuss the conflict. Jocasta chides Oedipus for baselessly accusing Creon of treason and advises him to distrust prophecies.

As evidence, she cites Teiresias’s prophecy that her former husband, King Laius, would be killed by his own son. In response,

Jocasta and Laius sent their child away to die on a mountain. Laius was later killed by thieves on his way to visit a prophet.

Jocasta’s recounting of Laius’s murder startles Oedipus. He recalls his journey to Thebes, in which he participated in an

incident similar to the murder Jocasta describes. He begins to fear that he truly is the man who murdered Laius. He tells

Jocasta to send for the only survivor from Laius’s traveling party. When Jocasta questions Oedipus further, he explains the

circumstances that brought him to Thebes. Oedipus was raised in Corinth by King Polybus and Queen Merope. One day, he

overheard someone say that Oedipus was not truly their son. To obtain answers, Oedipus visited the oracle of Delphi, who

did not confirm his parentage but instead foretold that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. In order to

circumvent the prophecy, Oedipus fled Corinth. On his way to Thebes, in the same location where Laius was murdered, he

encountered a traveling party who threatened to run him off the road. In retaliation, Oedipus killed them all, save for one

survivor, who got away. Oedipus is troubled by the connections between Laius’s murder and his own actions. Jocasta urges

him to avoid assumptions until he has had the chance to the talk to the survivor.
 Soon after, a messenger arrives from Corinth to inform Oedipus that King Polybus is dead. Oedipus and Jocasta take this

news as further proof that prophecies are inaccurate, because Oedipus was prophesied to be his father’s murderer.

However, the messenger then reveals that Polybus was not Oedipus’s real father. Instead, the messenger, who was

previously a shepherd, received the baby Oedipus from one of Laius’s herdsman. Oedipus asks Jocasta if she could identify

the herdsman, but she begs Oedipus not to pursue this line of inquiry. Assuming that Jocasta is simply embarrassed to be

married to someone of unroyal ancestry, Oedipus continues his inquiry and calls for the herdsman to be brought before

him. Jocasta then departs, promising to be “silent evermore.”

The herdsman then arrives and confirms that he gave the infant Oedipus to the messenger. However, upon being

questioned about the infant’s origins, he remains stubbornly silent. When Oedipus threatens to have him killed, the

herdsman reluctantly admits that the infant was Laius and Jocasta’s son. Laius and Jocasta told the herdsman to kill the

child, who was prophesied to murder his father and marry his mother. However, the herdsman took pity on the infant

Oedipus and instead gave him to the messenger, believing that the child could do no harm if he was raised in another city.

Oedipus, realizing that he has indeed murdered his father and married his mother, runs offstage in grief. A second

messenger then enters the stage and reports on what has happened inside the palace. Jocasta, no longer able to deny the

truth, hanged herself. Oedipus, upon finding her dead, used the pins of her dress to blind himself. An inconsolable Oedipus

then re-enters the stage and bemoans the tragedy of his life. When Creon arrives, Oedipus asks to be exiled for his sins. He

also asks Creon to look after his young daughters, Antigone and Ismene. As Oedipus is led away, the Chorus laments his

fate. Oedipus’s story continues in Sophocles’s Oedipus at Colonus.

What Happens in Oedipus Rex?

King Oedipus of Thebes sends his brother-in-law Creon to identify the cause of the mysterious plague that has struck the

city. Creon reports that the plague will be lifted if the man who killed the former king, Laius, is brought to justice.

 Queen Jocasta doesn't believe Tiresias when he says Oedipus is the murderer. Once, an oracle told her that her husband

would be killed by their child, and because (she thinks) that hasn't come true, she doesn't believe Tiresias.

 Years ago, to prevent her child from killing her husband, Jocasta left her infant child to die on the side of the road. Oedipus

suspects that he was that abandoned baby. When he first came to Thebes, he met and killed a man on the road who turned

out to be Laius, his father. He then met and married the widowed Jocasta, his own mother.

 A messenger and a servant confirm the tale. Jocasta hangs herself out of shame. Oedipus discovers her body and uses the

pins of her brooches to stab out his own eyes.

 SUMMARY OF ANTIGONE

King Oedipus has died in exile, leaving the Kingdom of Thebes to his two sons, Eteocles and Polynices. The king had decreed

that his two sons are supposed to take turns as rulers; they agree, initially. After Eteocles refuses to step down after one

year, the two brothers fight over the prize. Polynices attacks Thebes, leading to civil war, and in the end both brothers are

dead, each by the other’s hand. Creon, their uncle, assumes the role of king. He gives a state funeral to Eteocles but orders

that the body of Polynices be left to rot in the sun as an example to his supporters.

Antigone, Oedipus’s daughter, meets her sister Ismene at the gates to Creon’s palace in Thebes. Antigone feels duty bound

to bury her brother Polynices despite Creon’s edict and asks her sister for help. Ismene refuses, arguing that as women they

should not go against the decisions of men, especially those of the king.

The Chorus is summoned to the palace. Creon informs the Chorus that he claims the throne and that Polynices is to be left

unburied. However, Antigone has stealthily sprinkled Polynices’ body with a layer of dirt, giving her brother a symbolic

burial. A guard runs to Creon and reports the attempted burial. Creon is furious and accuses the guard of being involved.

One of the elders says it is the work of a god, but Creon disagrees. He threatens to torture and kill the guard unless he

captures the real perpetrator. The Chorus sings about the wonder of humanity, but for the city to be safe, humanity should

both honor civil law and revere the gods.

The guards brush the dirt off Polynices’ body and then hide, looking to ambush whoever tries to rebury him. Antigone soon

arrives and tries to bury Polynices again, but is caught by the guards. She is brought before Creon, where she readily

confesses. They argue over her actions and his decree. Creon tries to reason with Antigone, urging her to renounce her

crime and assuring her of total indemnity so that she can go on to marry Haemon as planned and, presumably, to lead a

happy life. Antigone, however, will have none of Creon’s proffered happiness, preferring to die rather than to take part in

her uncle’s political scheme. Creon decrees that she must die. Ismene is brought in and questioned. She demands that she

share the guilt. Antigone argues with her.

Creon’s son Haemon argues with his father, trying to convince him to relent. Creon remains stubborn and Haemon

threatens to die with Antigone. Creon decrees Antigone to be entombed alive. Antigone mourns her fate and the curse on

her family. The Chorus is divided in loyalty between Antigone and Creon. Antigone defends her actions and asks the gods to

punish Creon. The Chorus reminds the audience of others who suffered because they tried to subvert the gods’ will.

The blind prophet Tiresias tells Creon that he has angered the gods and that Creon is to blame for the people’s prayers

going unanswered. A sickness plagues Thebes, and neighboring cities bear Thebes ill will. Creon accuses the prophet of

being paid to upset him. Tiresias calls Creon a tyrant and warns him that he will lose his son. This troubles Creon, and he

asks the Chorus for council. They advise him to yield and release Antigone. Creon agrees and leaves. The Chorus then asks

Dionysus to help Thebes.

A messenger arrives and relates to the Chorus what happened at the tomb. The messenger says that Creon and his men

went to bury Polynices and to release Antigone, only to discover that she had killed herself. Haemon, weeping over her

body, then kills himself before their eyes. Eurydice overhears the messenger. Creon arrives and openly accepts

responsibility for the deaths of Antigone and Haemon. A second messenger arrives and tells him that his wife, too, has

committed suicide. Creon prays for death. The Chorus delivers one of the moral lessons of the tragedy: Obedience to the

laws of the gods comes first.

At a Glance of Antigone
King Oedipus' sons Eteocles and Polynices agree to share the throne of Thebes after their father's death. Initially, the

brothers plan to alternate years, but after Eteocles' first year in power he refuses to give up the throne. This causes a civil

war.

 When Act I begins, the civil war is already over. Both brothers are dead, and their sisters, Antigone and Ismene, are

in mourning. Their uncle Creon has assumed control of Thebes.

 Creon orders that Polynices' body be left out in the sun to rot as punishment for his treason. Antigone defies Creon

and gives her brother a proper burial. When she refuses to renounce her crime, Creon sentences her to death.

 While Antigone is awaiting execution, the blind prophet Tiresias informs Creon that he has angered the gods.

Creon decides to release Antigone, only to discover that she has committed suicide.
 SUMMARY OF ROMEO AND JULIET

Verona is home to two feuding noble houses, the Montagues and the Capulets. In response to the
constant brawling between members of these families, the Prince of Verona has issued an edict that
will impose a death sentence on anyone caught dueling. Against this backdrop, young Romeo of the
house of Montague has recently been infatuated with Rosaline, a niece of Capulet. Rosaline is quickly
forgotten, however, when Romeo and his friends disguise themselves and slip into a masque ball at
Capulet's house. During the festivities, Romeo catches his first glimpse of Juliet, Capulet's daughter. In
one of Shakespeare's most memorable scenes, Romeo steals into the garden and professes his love to
Juliet, who stands above on her balcony. The two young lovers, with the aid of Friar Laurence, make
plans to be married in secret.

Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, later discovers that Romeo has attended the ball, and he sets out to teach the
young Montague a lesson at the point of his sword. Romeo is challenged by Tybalt, but tries to avoid a
duel between them since he is now married to Juliet (making Tybalt a kinsman). Mercutio, Romeo's
best friend, takes up Tybalt's challenge and is killed in the ensuing fight. Enraged, Romeo slays Tybalt
in turn. As a result of this bloodshed, the Prince proclaims that Romeo is to be banished from Verona
for his actions. Romeo has time to consummate the marriage and bid farewell to Juliet, though he
hopes to be reunited with her once the Capulets learn that they are man and wife.

The Capulets, meanwhile, press for Juliet to marry Paris, a cousin to the Prince. Juliet, relying again on
Friar Laurence, devises a desperate plan to avoid her parent's wishes. She obtains a drug that will
make her seem dead for forty-two hours; while she is in this state, Friar Laurence will send word to
Romeo of the situation so that he can rescue her from her tomb. Unfortunately, fate will not be so kind;
the letter from Friar Laurence is delayed. Romeo instead hears second-hand news that Juliet has died.
Grief-stricken, Romeo purchases poison and hastens to Juliet's tomb to die at her side. Meanwhile,
Friar Laurence has discovered to his horror that his letter did not arrive, and he means to take Juliet
away until he can set things aright.

At the tomb, Romeo encounters Paris, who mourns for Juliet. Romeo slays Paris, then enters the tomb
and downs his poison. As Friar Laurence comes upon the scene, Juliet awakens only to find the lifeless
body of her beloved Romeo laying beside her. Juliet takes the dagger from Romeo's belt and plunges it
into her heart. Upon this scene, the Prince arrives—along with the Montague and Capulet parents—
demanding to know what has happened. Friar Laurence relates to all the tragic tale of Romeo and
Juliet's secret marriage and their senseless suicides. The Montagues and Capulets, when faced with
the terrible price that their feud has exacted, vow to put an end to the enmity between their two houses.