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and simply, it's .was a big fan of rather painful, uncomfortable dramatic irony, and his
original audience would have known the story offrom the myth. So from the very first moment he
stepped out on stage, the audience would have known that he had already killed his father and
married his mother. They would have known that he would end by going into his palace, taking the
brooches from's robe and...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
What is the significance of moments when Oedipus does not see the truth in front of him?
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