Although it is more difficult to do so now, the work transcends its time with its human truths and allows catharsis to happen again. Although the setting – both the temporal and spatial aspects – and the dialect of Oedipus Rex make the work difficult to understand and connect with, the ideas are still common. Plagues, murder, prophecies, and incest are all ideas that have been present in literature for centuries, providing audiences with common ground to hold on to. The terror and pity for the ideas represented still manage to reach the spectators. Oedipus Rex is capable of causing catharsis as much today as in Aristotle