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What knowledge on the part of the audience contributes to dramatic irony in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Dramatic irony occurs when a character describes a then existing situation as being greatly different from what it actually is. For example, the audience knows that Theban King Oedipus is the murderer of previous Theban King Laius. But neither Oedipus nor his own family and people knows that. So Oedipus issues a decree of banishment for the murderer when his identity is known. Oedipus' own decree ends up being used against himself, since he is the murderer who must be banished from his beloved Thebes.
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The dramatic irony in Oedipus Rex arises in part from the audience's knowledge that?
Oedipus is Laius's murderer.
How does knowledge of the Oedipus myth affect an audience's experience of Oedipus Rex?
The colloquial references to an "Oedipus complex" heightens the dramatic irony in the play.
How did the dramatic irony of 'Oedipus Rex' arise from the audience's knowledge of the myth?
In Oedipus the King, Oedipus feels ill at ease because he does not know the true story of who his parents were, or how he came to be king. Oedipus feels that when he knows these things he will be happy. The audience knows (and Jocasta suspects) that the knowledge will be disastrous for Oedipus (and it proves so). The dramatic irony is that Oedipus is destroyed by his quest for knowledge; even though seeking out knowledge is usually a good thing.
What knowledge on the audience's part causes dramatic irony in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That Oedipus does everything he can to find the murderer of King Laius,while the audience knows from the beginning that the murderer is himself.Oedipus is Laius's murderer.
What does the ancient Greek audience's prior knowledge of how the Oedipus story ends contribute to their experience of 'Oedipus Rex'?
It would have heightened their sense of dramatic irony in the play.
How does knowledge of the Oedipus myth affect an audience's experience of 'Oedipus Rex'?
A heightening of the play's dramatic irony is the effect that prior knowledge of the Oedipus myth has on an audience's experience of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, dramatic irony is a literary technique whereby the characters have an inaccurate understanding of the facts. In ancient Greece, the audience familiar with the Oedipus myth therefore knows more than the characters and can focus on the means by which knowledge is revealed. The audience unfamiliar with the myth learns along with the characters. In both cases, in ancient and modern times, the audience becomes emotionally invested in the happenings onstage.That it increases the dramatic impact is the way in which knowledge of the Oedipus myth affects an audience's experience of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, dramatic irony is a literary technique that is used throughout the play. It is in effect when characters have inaccurate or incomplete knowledge of their situations and their own words. For example, the audience attention as well as the play's dramatic impact and tension are increased by Theban King Oedipus heading a murder investigation that ultimately proves him guilty and costs him his wife, his sight, his reputation, his job, and his home.
The dramatic irony in Oedipus Rex arises in part from the audience?
oedipus is Laiu's murderer
From what audience knowledge does the dramatic irony arise in part in 'Oedipus Rex'?
It is from the audience's knowledge of Oedipus as Laius' killer that dramatic irony arises in part in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, irony refers to inaccurate or incomplete understanding of situations by the affected individuals. Theban King Oedipus promises to identify and punish the guilty in King Laius' murder. But he does not know what the audience already knows: he himself is the person whose public humiliation and punishment he seeks.
How does knowledge of the Oedipus myth affect an audiences experience of Oedipus Rex?
Knowledge of the Oedipus myth heightens the dramatic irony in the play.
If in your house he the murderer dwells?
It represents dramatic irony; the audience knows that Oedipus himself is the murderer, but Oedipus does not.
What is the name for a disconnect between what the character believes to be true and what the audience knows to be true?
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something which the character does not.For example, in Oedipus Rex, Oedipus does not know that his wife is really his mother, but the audience does.
What literary technique is used and what does it reveal about Oedipus in Oedipus Rex when Oedipus utters a curse against Laius' murderer but the audience knows that Oedipus himself is the murderer?
The literary technique is called "dramatic irony," when the audience knows more than the characters do. Dramatic irony is at work; it reveals that Oedipus often speaks rashly.
