Oedipus The King: Dramatic Foreshadowing
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`You are the curse, the corruption of the land!'. With these words,
Tiresias, a blind prophet in `Oedipus The King' set the actions in play
that would turn king to beggar within the day. Prophecy and foreshadowing
is an important part of playwriting, and adds an element of suspense that
is not p ....
Middle of paper
.... of tension, creation of
atmosphere, and adds an element of credibility to a character. All of
these are important elements of a play. However it is not hard to imagine
a play in which more then half of the elements of a plot, namely exposition,
discovery, point of attack, complication and crisis all be caused by an act
of foreshadowing or prophecy. Indeed, “Oedipus the King”, which was
considered the greatest play in history by Aristotle, was one such play.
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