ENG 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Irony, Sophocles, Peloponnesian War
29 Mar 2017
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Oedipus the king line 1-526: production date, unknown, probably in the first two years of the peloponnesian wars b. i. Athens and its allies versus sparta and its allies (432/31-404 bce/bc) b. ii. The dates 431 to 429 bce are frequently suggested b. iii. This is because we see ares associated with plague, when it is usually. Why does sophocles include so much dramatic irony if the audience knows of the ending? a. i. 1. To establish more of a connection with the audience a. i. 1. a. Dramatic irony gives the audience access to information that the characters are not aware of a. i. 1. b. This is a way for sophocles to include the audience in the plot because there is no suspense a. i. 2. He uses this a lot in oedipus"s first major speech in page. 714: why would sophocles give the first speech to the tragic protagonist, why aren"t the gods depicted in the tragedies even though we have prophetic figures? a.
