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Sophocles Oedipus The King

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Bishoy Nessim
Bettye Kash
Thea 1030
OEDIPUS THE KING
Oedipus the king is a dramatic play that was written by the Greek poet Sophocles. Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. He used to live from 495 BC to 406 BC. The play is considered to be a tragedy play and it is one of his greatest plays ever as it is considered the most famous surviving Greek tragedy. It was played in 1984 by Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom and directed by Don Taylor.
To start reviewing the play, we first have to talk a little bit about it. Oedipus the king is talking about a king, in Thebes (a Greek city), that was ruling the city and all his people start gathering around his palace to complain about poverty and sickness that starts to spread all
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