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Oedipus Rex as a Tragedy

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Central Concept – Oedipus Rex as a Tragedy The conception of tragedy that seems central to Oedipus Rex is that of human suffering which arises in a mysterious way. They partly out of man’s own action and which, when faced manfully, exalts the human suffers to a level little below that of the gods. The …

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Irony on Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

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Oedipus Rex: History of the term Traditionally, the irony is linked with Socrates in philosophy and Sophocles in literature. It has long been used to convey a manner deliberately employed by the speaker to gain an advantage over his opponent. As a supposed characteristic of the debating method of Socrates, it was to a very …

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