Sophocles’ masterpiece, Oedipus Rex, has not lasted for so long by slipping through the cracks. Sophocles uses his technique of implanting literary devices in his writing to pave this play’s road to fame. In Oedipus Rex, Sophocles combines an atrocious plot, a sad setting, and suspense created with dramatic irony to build a story that has readers on the edge of their seats at every turn.
Sophocles uses a plot centered around taboo acts to engender interest and horror in the reader. Oedipus finds himself not…
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