"Oedipus Rex", was written by Sophocles. This play is a Greek tragedy. Many audiences have admired it for years. What makes the play so popular is that it has the exact ingredients that a prototypical tragedy is supposed to have. Aristotle had certain criteria that made a play qualify as a tragedy. A tragedy is when a protagonist is going toward a significant and noble goal and the antagonist stops him/her from reaching this …showed first 75 words of 988 total…

…showed last 75 words of 988 total…a tragedy written by one of the great authors, Sophocles. The play was humorous, ironic, and sad. This is what makes the play so entertaining. All of the audience is on an emotional roller coaster. They are mostly sad, but the irony and humor prevails enough to not depress the audience. All the reasons stated is why the play is so admired, why it contains the perfect plot and the outstanding characteristics that it contains.