In 495 B.C. there was a child born about a mile outside of Athens. This child was to be named Sophocles. He was a boy whose father was a wealthy merchant. He now had the opportunity to enjoy all of life's greatest expectations in the Greek empire. Being that he was from a wealthy family, he had the chance to study all of the arts. By the time Sophocles reached his late teens, he was …showed first 75 words of 826 total…

…showed last 75 words of 826 total…two to three, which decreased the influence of the chorus and made possible greater confusion of the plot and the more effective portrayal of character, and by making each play a separate psychological and dramatic unity. Sophocles also effected a modification in the spirit and significance of a tragedy. Although problems of religion and morality still provided the themes, the nature of humans and their problems and struggles became the fundamental interest of Greek tragedy.