"Oedipus the King"

Book Review # 74808

English > Analysis
Literature > Greek and Roman

"Oedipus the King"

An analysis of the setting and time frame of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King".

777 words () | 0 sources | MLA | 2005 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper examines how the timing and place both play a part in the emotions and actions of the characters in Sophocles' "Oedipus the King". It discusses how the story takes place in the Palace of Oedipus and nowhere else and how the whole story also unfolds in just a
few short hours.

From the Paper:

"Oedipus spent his whole life believing that he was the son of Polybus and Merope. In only a couple of hours he feels ashamed and shocked when he found out that Polybus and Merope were not his real parents. He then found out that his real father was murdered by none other than Oedipus himself. He then probes more and realized that he was married and was having incestuous relations with his mother. His life story, unfolded, in a matter of hours."