How Does Sophocles use Dramatic Irony in the first two scene
Title: How Does Sophocles use Dramatic Irony in the first two scene
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 1240 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
How Does Sophocles use Dramatic Irony in the first two scene
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 1240 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
At the beginning of Oedipus the King, Oedipus is hugely confident, and with good reason. He had saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx and has become king virtually overnight. He proclaims his name proudly as though it were itself a healing charm: "Here I am myself, you all know me, the world knows my fame, I am Oedipus." Oedipus has successfully built up his character to a degree that failure would be a …showed first 75 words of 1240 total…
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