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Sophocles is one of the three Greek tragedians whose work has survived to the present day. His best-known work is the play ''[[
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=== Tropes present in the works of Sophocles include: ===
* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: ''[[
* [[Downer Ending]]: Well, it's not called tragedy for nothing.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Ajax, Antigone, Jocasta, Deianeira.
* [[Greek Chorus]]: [[
* [[Missing Episode]]: More than a hundred.
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: Trying to prevent the prophecy that their son will kill his father and marry his mother, Laios and Jocasta order that he be abandoned in the wild. But the baby is saved, and he not knowing his parents (nor they knowing him) is, of course, the set-up that makes the prophecy actually come true.
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