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Educated Athenians was the audience for which which "Oedipus Rex" was written by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, the ancient Greek dramatist lived in Athens. He oriented his plays to appeal to educated, intelligent, moneyed theater goers in Athens. He wrote about Oedipus because of the Theban king's death place being near Athens and conferring luck on Athenians.
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The dramatic irony in Oedipus Rex arises in part from the audience?
oedipus is Laiu's murderer
Whom does Oedipus send and where before the beginning of 'Oedipus Rex'?
Creon; the Delphic oracle
How does sophocles cause his audience to feel pity and fear in Oedipus Rex?
Because Oedipus blind himself, and exile which makes the audience feel pity to Oedipus.
The dramatic irony in Oedipus Rex arises in part from the audience's knowledge that?
Oedipus is Laius's murderer.
Oedipus Rex was written by?
Sophocles
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.
What does the audience know to be true in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That the pestilence in Thebes worries Thebans and that Oedipus is the king of Thebes are what the audience knows to be true in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the play begins outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. The audience knows that a priest of Zeus is gathered with suppliants around altars of their own building. The audience knows that Oedipus' presence is sought.
What is 'Rex' from 'Oedipus Rex' in English?
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Thebes is the setting of oedipus rex Thebes is the theme of oedipus rex Thebes is the rival of oedipus rex Thebes is the downfall of oedipus rex?
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
What is 'Oedipus Rex'?
A play written by Sophocles, the Greek playwright.
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.
Where is Oedipus raised in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Corinth is where Oedipus is raised "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, this information comes out in the course of the play. The play begins with the audience meeting Oedipus as King of Thebes. Oedipus assumes that he is Corinthian born and bred because that is where he is relocated not too long after birth in Thebes.
