ESSAY ON: Oedipus/Lines 954-997

Number of Pages 3

This research paper: A 3 page essay that discusses this passage from the classic Greek drama Oedipus the King by Sophocles, which hinges on the prediction of the Oracle that he will murder his father and marry his mother. The audience knows the ending, knows that Oedipus' fate is inevitable, therefore, the task before Sophocles, as a playwright, is how to introduce a sense of tension into the well-known drama that can underscore the tragic nature of the story. He achieves this through such devices as in lines 954-997, which is a passage that makes it appear to Oedipus that he has managed to thwart the dire prediction. No additional sources cited.


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