What qualities and features in your opinion make Oedipus Rex an example of Greek tragedy at its best?

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What qualities and features in your opinion make Oedipus Rex an example of Greek tragedy at its best?

Oedipus Rex is a classic example of Greek tragedy mainly because it does exactly what it is meant to do. It follows the correct patterns of a classic Greek tragedy and deals with major issues. In terms of Oedipus being a Greek tragedy at is best is a matter of opinion but if this the case the reason for this would be because of the issues that it deals with. Reversal and recognition are the main areas to look at which make the tragedy so dramatic and thus give the greatest effect as being a classic example of Greek tragedy at its best. The issue s that it concentrates on vary from knowledge to religion, thus it covers a wide spectrum of important key areas in the ancient Greek way of life, and this is what may make it so effective, as classic Greek tragedy at its best.

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 The two things that……….. said made a Greek tragedy, produce its most effective impact on the crowd or the reader were Reversal and Recognition. These two things are used very well during the course of the play with great effect. To put it simply Oedipus starts out at the beginning of the play as the great man that defeated the sphinx, who knows and sees all, ironically at the end the reversal comes when he ends up being the humiliated blind man, the king turned to exile. In terms of recognition there is the classic example of this in ...

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