1. Supporting Characters: The Meat And Potatoes Of A Good Play
... of a world where Luke doesn't have Han Solo by his side! All kidding aside, supporting characters are what make stories great and memorable, and these three plays prove that amazingly. Oedipus Rex, what a sad poor man. But he himself wasn't really all that deep or memorable of a character. Yes the story revolved around him, but it never made him into a hero or ... gods, it would never have as much impact as it did from Tiresias. The blind leading the blind, I guess you could say. In Antigone, we again follow the bloodline of Oedipus, through his daughters and sons. Again though, you see...
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