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Sophocles's "Oedipus, the King"
Analytical Essay # 55400
Sophocles's "Oedipus, the King"
This paper analyzes the structure of Sophocles's, "Oedipus, the King".
1,085 words (approx. 4.3 pages) |
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MLA | 2004
Paper Summary:
This paper explains that the play, Sophocles's "Oedipus, the King", has a more episodic structure than a climactic one because of flashbacks and prophecies introduced as episodes throughout. The author points out that the "rising action" is when Oedipus threatens that he will have Creon killed or exiled for conspiring with Tiresias. The paper contends that tragedy is better as a work to be read than as a drama to be performed and watched on stage. The reason given by the writer is because there is much more to perceive and understand from the reading than in the watching and listening, although visuals and sounds enhance or intensify the underlying messages in the play.From the Paper:
"The setting is Thebes around the fifth century. The "inciting incident" right away turns up with the plague that now afflicts the citizens, whom King Oedipus calls the "new blood of ancient Cadmus". Cadmus was the founder of the mythological Thebes. These citizens crowd at the king's palace for his action on the feared plague, and as was the custom at the time, the king has already sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to consult with the Oracle (or diviner/fortune-teller) at Delphi (Sophocles c 430 BC) for advice and he tells this to the people. Creon returns to relay the Oracle's message to Oedipus that the plague will end only if the murderer of the former king of Thebes, Lauis, is caught and driven out. The message also says that the murderer is still in Thebes. King Lauis was killed by thieves while on the way to consult an oracle.To pacify the people and bring peace to Thebes, Oedipus promises to find that murderer and drive him out. This part represents the "point of attack".More papers on Sophocles's "Oedipus, the King":
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Sophocles's "Oedipus, the King" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Sophocles's-Oedipus-the-King/55400
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"Sophocles's "Oedipus, the King"" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Sophocles's-Oedipus-the-King/55400>
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