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two groups, so that it was as if one part of the Chorus was conversing with the other. Perhaps the dualities created by strophe and antistrophe, represent the endless, irresolvable debates for which Greek tragedy is famous. The Chorus Timeline and Summary Note: Although they pipe up only once in a while, the Chorus is present throughout the play as an observer. At the start of Oedipus the King, the Chorus, using the Strophe-Antistrophe dichotomy, recounts the multiple problems the city faces under the curse including infertility, plague, and famine. They beg for help. The Chorus informs Oedipus that they know nothing and suggests that Oedipus ask the blind prophet Teiresias for his knowledge. The Chorus tells Oedipus and Creon to stop arguing. After Oedipus and Creon leave, the Chorus talks about their fight. Jocasta and the Chorus urge Oedipus to listen to Creon when he says he did not frame Oedipus for the murder of Laius. The Chorus pleads with the Gods for mercy as Oedipus’s identity unfolds. After Oedipus pieces things together and realizes what he’s done, the Chorus laments the tragedy. Oedipus asks the Chorus to help send him out of Thebes or kill him. For analysis: http://www.shmoop.com/oedipus-the-king/literary-devices.html
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/oedipus-trilogy/play- summary/oedipus-king.html The Oedipus Trilogy By Sophocles About the Oedipus Trilogy Historical Background The Athens Sophocles knew was a small place — a polis, one of the self-governing city- states on the Greek peninsula — but it held within it the emerging life of democracy, philosophy, and theater. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle wrote and taught in Athens, and their ideas gave birth to Western philosophy. Here, too, democracy took root and flourished, with a government ruled entirely by and for its citizens. During the fifth century B.C., Athens presided as the richest and most advanced of all the city-states. Its army and navy dominated the Aegean after the defeat of the Persians, and the tribute money offered to the conquering Athenians built the Acropolis, site of the Parthenon, as well as the public buildings that housed and glorified Athenian democracy. The wealth of Athens also assured regular public art and entertainment, most notably the Festival of Dionysus, where Sophocles produced his tragedies. In the fifth century, Athens had reached the height of its development, but Athenians were vulnerable, too. Their land, like most of Greece, was rocky and dry, yielding little food. Athenians often fought neighboring city-states for farmland or cattle. They sought to solve their agricultural problems by reaching outward to more fertile lands through their conquering army and navy forces. Military skill and luck kept Athens wealthy for a time, but the rival city-state Sparta pressed for dominance during the long Peloponnesian War (431- 404 B.C.). By the end of the fifth century, Sparta had starved Athens into submission, and the power of the great city-state ended. Greek Theater and Its Development Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy forms part of a theater tradition that encompasses much more than just entertainment. In fifth century B.C., Athens theater represented an essential public experience — at once social, political, and religious. For Athenians, theater served as an expression of public unity. Ancient Greek myth — the theme of most tragedies — not only touched members of the audience individually, but drew them together as well. The dramatization of stories from a shared heritage helped to nurture and preserve a cultural identity through times of hardship and war.
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