Journal #3-discussion on literary topics

In Sophocles' play, Oedipus the King, we witness a series of stylistic techniques. Sophocles uses excessive punctuation which adds to the tone of the play and the motif of family tension and secrets is shown throughout the play. Sophocles also uses dialect to better convey the time and setting of the play and to give readers (or watchers) a sense of the comedic atmosphere. We notice the motifs when Oedipus realizes that the king and queen of Corinth are not his blood parents. When he fonds out that he has slept with his mother and killed his own father, this creates internal and external conflict. He realizes that his whole life has been a lie and this is when we experience the comedy of the play.