Comic relief refers to the use of a humorous incident to give temporary relief from the tension among the characters in an Opera or play. It isn't a mandatory technique by playwrights. So it well may be absent from the most serious of tragedies.
Thus the closest that the tragedy of 'Oedipus Rex' comes to an incident of comic relief is by way of a quick comment by the chorus in the parados. In their first appearance, the chorus calls upon the gods. In the third antistrophe, that call includes a brief reference to the wine god Bacchus, his unpopularity with the other gods, and his popularity with his stumbling, bumbling drunken followers.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
The shepherd in Oedipus Rex is the person who rescues Oedipus Rex as a child. The shepherd also confirms the main character's fate.
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
That it indicates that his father's death is from natural causes is the reason why Jocasta thinks that the messenger's news will be a relief to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus has the prophesied fate of his father's killer and his mother's husband. But then Jocasta hears of the death of Corinthian King Polybus, her husband's presumed father. She looks forward to sharing with Oedipus since Polybus dies of illness and old age in Corinth while Oedipus is far away in Thebes.
The shepherd in Oedipus Rex is the person who rescues Oedipus Rex as a child. The shepherd also confirms the main character's fate.
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Oedipus Rex is part of a four part collection of plays, three tradgedies and a comedy. We do not have the Comedy but the three tradgedies are "Oedipus Rex", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone".
Oedipus
Sophocles, an Ancient Greek playwright, wrote Oedipus Rex.
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus
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