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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 possible any other way. Whether it be the witches of MacBeth, the
ramblings of Tiresias in Oedipus: The King, and Antigone, or whether it is
the unrealized foreshadowing by Figaro in `The Marriage of Figaro',
foreshadowing gives the reader or the aud ....
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