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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 ....
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....delegation was sent to Apollo, the Greek God of
healing, where they received instructions to find the murderer of the
previous king of Thebes, King Laius. This form of foreshadowing was
necessary for the storyline to have a starting place, and acts not only as
foreshadowing, but also as discovery, because it gave new information that
moved the plot forwards. A problem with this is the fact that it requires
an act of God, something that Aristotle frowned upon in his definitive text
`Poetics'. I.... |
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