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That Oedipus will end the pestilence and solve Laius' murder when he indeed is the cause of both events are the ironies introduced in the prologue of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban King Oedipus hears that his city suffers from a pestilence. He also learns that the pestilence will end with the identification and punishment of the guilty in King Laius' murder. He loves his city and his people. He therefore promises to end the pestilence by solving Laius' murder. Ironically, he serves as the cause of the pestilence because he is Laius' killer.
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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.
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.
The dramatic irony in Oedipus Rex arises in part from the audience?
oedipus is Laiu's murderer
Literary elements in Oedipus Rex?
Dramatic irony is the key element.
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 audiences experience of Oedipus Rex?
Knowledge of the Oedipus myth heightens the dramatic irony in the play.
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.
The dramatic irony in Oedipus Rex arises in part from the audience?
oedipus is Laiu's murderer
Literary elements in Oedipus Rex?
Dramatic irony is the key element.
The dramatic irony in Oedipus Rex arises in part from the audience's knowledge that?
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.
What kind of irony in 'Oedipus Rex' sets up a tension that encourages the audience to examine important questions?
Dramatic irony is the particular kind of irony for which the play 'Oedipus Rex' is known. In dramatic irony, a character describes a then existing situation as being greatly different from what it actually is. Such an incorrect perception of reality sets up a tension that encourages the audience to examine important questions.
What type of tragic irony is in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Dramatic irony is the type of tragic irony in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, dramatic irony describes a situation in which characters misunderstand the significance of their situations and even their own words. The description fits the tragic turn that Theban King Oedipus' life takes. Oedipus has such a mistaken self-image that he receives full punishment for a crime that he commits in ignorance and self-defense.
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.
Why does an audience want to see a play such as 'Oedipus Rex' when they already know the ending?
Dramatic irony sets up tension that makes audiences examine important questions.
What is the dramatic irony of Jocasta's speech in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That all of the prophecies do come true is the dramatic irony in Jocasta's speech in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, dramatic irony refers to the characters in a play having an incomplete or incorrect understanding of their situations or their words. Theban Queen Jocasta says that Oedipus may not kill his father or marry his mother because not all prophecies come true. She observes that Oedipus' father, Corinthian King Polybus, dies from illness and old age at a time where he is in Corinth and Oedipus is way off in Thebes. But in actuality, Oedipus' father is not Polybus but King Laius, whom Oedipus unknowingly kills.
