Point of View
The story of Oedipus the King is told through a 3rd person limited point of view since this is a Greek play. The story is told through dialogue of the characters, but also stage directions. The directions serve as behaviors that the characters carry out as well as description of the setting. The actual narration is reliable since it is 3rd person. However, since there are long monologues, the reader naturally feels that the story is being told through those main characters. Through this point of view, the narrator is unreliable since the characters all have arguments and biased anger towards others. The reader understands the desires, thoughts, and beliefs of characters because each one states, and almost declares what emotions are stirring within them. Using this method, the author makes it quite clear which character readers or observers want to sympathize with and those who are hated.
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