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1) Sophocles gained subtlety in his tragedies by shaping the presentation of well-established story facts in a way that still created dramatic momentum, despite audiences already knowing the stories. 2) He used a "triple structure" of telling, describing, and showing events to process the dramatic narrative. This allowed events to be relayed orally before being depicted visually on stage. 3) Characters within the stories helped dramatize the process of gradual recognition by reacting to new information

Author
Štefan Benčík
Language
EN