Setting-
The geographical setting of Oedipus is different parts of Greece. For the audience watching the plays, this makes the story relateable because they are from there and familiar with the culture being portrayed. What is cool for the audience is that they get to see a representation of what their culture used to look like compared to what it looks like in the present. The relateable setting also makes it easier for the Greek people to fully understand the lesson that is being taught (of what not to do). The characters are allowed to be changed to fit the play and the play's central theme because no one in the audience would have been "there" back in time to prove the playwright's representation wrong. The geographical setting also impacts the play because of the set up of the different parts of Greece being close in location and at war, making stories from the time about war very common.
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