I. Introduction -- II. Construction -- General Patterns of Structure -- The Diptych Plays -- Oedipus Tyrannus and the Later Plays -- Restriction -- Oracles and Dramaturgy -- Dramatic Rhythm and Scene Building -- III. Character Portrayal -- Character and Dramatic Structure -- Ajax -- The Trachinian Women -- Antigone -- Oedipus Tyrannus -- Electra -- Philoctetes -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Some Problems of Psychology -- The Character of the Tragic Hero -- IV. The Role of the Chorus -- V. Some Notes on Diction -- VI. The Irony of Sophocles -- Appendix: On the Approximate Date of The Trachinian Women
Summary
A study in the dramatic methods of Sophocles, especially in the revelation of character, as the primary essence of Sophocles' art
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and indexes
