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Oedipus Rex

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Only seven of his plays, however, have survived intact. From the fragments remaining, and from references to lost plays in other works, scholars have discovered that Sophocles wrote on an enormous variety of topics, and introduced several key innovations such as the man's responsibilities for his own actions and how with that, he controls his own fate...
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Sophocles died in 406-5 BC(GreekCIV). Oedipus Rex is based upon an even more ancient story in Greek mythology. Sophocles, however, knowing that his audience is aware of the outcome of the play, utilizes that foreknowledge to create various situations in which dramatic irony plays a key role. Through his use of irony, Sophocles manages to avoid simply retelling an old tale, though the audience is knowledgeable of the story's end they are intrigued by the irony present in the story...
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