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What literary convention or device do the authors use to develop exciting or tense moments in 'Oedipus Rex' and 'A Raisin in the Sun'?
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It is dramatic irony that is used to develop exciting or tense moments in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) and in "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965).
Specifically, the term dramatic irony describes a situation in which characters do not have accurate or complete understandings of their situations or their words. It is used to heighten the tension among the characters through the complications of misinterpretation and misunderstanding. It serves to increase audience attention and involvement in the onstage events.
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