... 90 others are preserved. The seven extant plays are Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus or Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), Electra, Ajax, Trachiniae (Maidens of Trachis), Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus (produced posthumously in 401 BC). Also preserved is a large fragment of the Ichneutae (Investigators), a satiric drama discovered on papyrus in Egypt about the turn of the 20th century. Of the surviving tragedies the earliest is thought to be ... brings about her own death, the death of her lover Haemon, who is Creon's son, and that of Eurydice, Creon's wife. Ajax, Electra, Philoctetes, and T...

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... that leads to his downfall. 7, Irony: The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. 8, Pathos: A quality, as of an experience or a work of art that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow. The feeling, as of sympathy or pity, so aroused(4) 9, Mithos: The elaboration of a story.(5) In the play called Oedipus The King written by Sophocles a classic Greek play ... he is higher than a god because the people have prayed to them and they haven't answered so give me a shot. Then from we have some Irony Oedipus says that he k...

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... for shadows, nothing at all" Live, Oedipus, as if there's no tomorrow! "(Oedipus the King, 1068 "1078) Here we see Jocasta explaining to Oedipus that the situation they share is ok and can be overlooked. The incest is not what would've become another tragic element to the audience in Greece, but Jocasta's lack of understanding and complete irony would have. Jocasta is a bad influence on ... Oedipus in this passage as she states that "chance ... rules our lives", therefore Oedipus should "Live, as if there's no tomorrow." Also what she says contradicts all of her beliefs and the beliefs...

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