of Sophocles and his writing of "Oedipus the King", there is no doubt about the depth, conviction, and art with which he expresses his philosophy. These qualities have always been admired, and, as a result, the form in which Sophocles has cast the myth has often been imitated and admired. Some of Sophocles' finest choral writing is to be found in this play as "Oedipus the King" illustrates the significance of his total dramatic accomplishments. Structured within it, and suggested with exceptional dramatic diplomacy, are all the basic questions of tragedy, which are presented in such a way as almost to define the form itself. The unpredictability of fate and the way in which the individual character plays a part to that fate is what makes Oedipus the King one of the true reference points in drama and in all others aspects of literature. ...
