Point of View/Characters: From whose point of view is the story told? Does this change? How reliable is the narrative voice? How well does the reader get to know the characters? How credible are they? How are they presented? How does the writer persuade us to like/sympathize with some characters and dislike others?
Oedipus The King is told from a 3rd person point of view, a narrator. This does not change throughout the story, at least not through the parts we've read so far. The narrative voice seems to be completely reliable seeing that it expresses all the characters' voices. It
allows the reader to understand the characters quite well, because their internal thoughts are expressed. The characters are credible due to explicit information given from them by the narrator. They are presented as humans with troubles, that they must struggle to resolve, not troubles that will be resolved by chance or "divine agents". The author persuades the readers to sympathize with Oedipus by presenting his story primarily and then presenting the other characters. The author idolizes and glorifies Oedipus' actions and his ability to solve the riddle of the sphinx, and thus creates a heroic persona within him.
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