Journal Project for Oedipus Rex
1. What is the effect of Oedipus’ insistence and promises regarding the hunting down and punishing of the murderer of Laius? What does this suggest concerning his character as well as the meaning of Sophocles’ play?
Sophocles – a Greek poet and a writer – was famous for his tragedies. All of his plays and tragedies consisted of a very distinctive style called dramatic irony - a situation of drama which is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the story. This not only brings suspense and tension in the play, but it also makes audience feel that they are a part of the play.
The play begins with an invocation – a convection commonly used in Greek literature where in the beginning of the epic, a formal plea for aid is called which serves to state the epic’s subject and theme. In the beginning of the play, a plague had stricken the city of Thebes which caused a prodigious amount of life-loss. Oedipus – a respectable and......
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