Other than Sophocles, before him, were Aeschylus and Euripides. These play writes, apart from Shakespeare, were the founding fathers of the Greek tragedy. All of these play writes were from Athens (GreeenhavenPress), but contributed their own special piece to Greek theater. The Greek Tragedy began in the honor of Dionysus, who is the god of wine and fertility. The performances that would take place were ... elaborate costumes, so that they could be more visible and noticeable on stage. Euripides was born in 480 B.C. in Salamis (DeHaven). His interests were philosophy and science which influen...

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Othello, by William Shakespeare, and Oedipus King, by Sophocles, are both plays written over two thousand years apart that hold a few differences, and a great deal of similarities. First, the structure of the plot holds true to the form of a tragedy. A tragedy is generally defined as "A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as ... his mother as his wife and his children as his brothers and sisters. The corruption that Oedipus is blind to is the fact that he caused all of this horror himself, and that he has brought his downf...

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