What aspects of King Oedipus might contribute to the effect of inspiring pity and fear in the audience? Refer in your answer to plot, theme and characterization and any other elements of drama.

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What aspects of King Oedipus might contribute to the effect of inspiring pity and fear in the audience? Refer in your answer to plot, theme and characterization and any other elements of drama.

James Robertson

Ann Collaery

World Literature 1

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What aspects of King Oedipus might contribute to the effect of inspiring pity and fear in the audience? Refer in your answer to plot, theme and characterization and any other elements of drama.

James Robertson - World Literature Line 4, Ann Collaery

In Oedipus Rex1, Sophocles uses a number of techniques in order to incite both fear and pity in his audience. Primarily Sophocles employs the technique of double entendre, filling the actor's lines and the play's happenings with deeper meaning in order to employ a sophisticated method of encouraging his audience to read into the events of Oedipus Rex and become more involved with the proceedings. This technique manifests itself through use of dramatic irony, dramatic foreshadowing and symbolism.

Sophocles utilizes the audience prior knowledge of the play in order to employ the literary technique of dramatic irony, used to create a sense of deeper meaning and