Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Theban Plays Intoduction

The purpose of the chorus is be the commentator of the play. This is a real person and they represent the elders or community in the play. They tell of the themes in the play and comment on what is going on at that certain time in the play. They sometimes discuss the issues or conflicts in the play.
Dramatic Irony
Dramatic Irony is in the play when the audience knows what is going on but the people in the play have no idea. In King Oedipus when the audience knows that he killed his father and married his mother but nobody in the play knows until the blind prophet tells them.

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