But to say that "Oedipus the King" perfectly fits the bill of modern day decetive drama would be wrong, since the audience already knows the basic outline of the story before actually reading or seeing the play. All that was left to discovered are the characters reactions to the information that we already have assumed to be true. Sophocleas uses this to create brilliant interplay of dramatic irony in the play, which elevates the "Oedipus Tyrannus" as one of the greates Sophoclean tragedies. Other than that play shares many elements and themes that are common with the mystery novels, which to investigate a crime in the search of
But to say that "Oedipus the King" perfectly fits the bill of modern day decetive drama would be wrong, since the audience already knows the basic outline of the story before actually reading or seeing the play. All that was left to discovered are the characters reactions to the information that we already have assumed to be true. Sophocleas uses this to create brilliant interplay of dramatic irony in the play, which elevates the "Oedipus Tyrannus" as one of the greates Sophoclean tragedies. Other than that play shares many elements and themes that are common with the mystery novels, which to investigate a crime in the search of