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A Summary and Analysis of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King
Jan 10
Posted by interestingliterature
An introduction to a classic play
The plot of Sophocles’ great tragedy Oedipus the King (sometimes known as Oedipus Rex or Oedipus Tyrannos) has long been admired. In his Poetics, Aristotle held it up as the exemplary Greek tragedy. Samuel Taylor Coleridge called it one of the three perfect plots in all of literature (the other two being Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist and Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones). Oedipus the King might also be called the first detective story in Western literature. Yet how well do we know Sophocles’ play? And what does a closer analysis of its plot features and themes reveal? Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: Analysis, Commentary, Greek Tragedy, Introduction, Literature, Oedipus the King, Plays, Sophocles, Summary, Theatre