For homework, we had to read “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles, one of the tragedies he has written. In utter disgust of what happened in the play, I must agree that this play is.. queer. The son, married his mother, killed his father, and was indirectly told of the prophecy, so to speak. As nasty as the play is, the tragedy itself is pretty complicated. I had a hard time following the story. One of the reasons might be due to my sleepiness at 3:00 in the morning, or my lack of coffee.
The tragedy kinda makes you wonder, was Sophocles a person who had personal issues or some type of disorder to create a masterful piece like this? Does he contain qualities that make up some of the best authors of the past century?
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Jake added these pithy words on Sep 03 06 at 7:00 pmThe greeks were weird people – they invented sex with the same gender… Sophocles was probably one of the normal ones.
The Bunny Reaper added these pithy words on Sep 08 06 at 9:15 pmWell, if you have a hard time, here’s a panda version of the story.
Oedipus was banished.
Oedipus was picked up by the kind of whatnot land.
Oedipus was attacked by his father whilst taking a stroll.
Oedipus kicked his ass.
Oedipus then proceeded to save his hometown, unkowningly knowing that it was his hometown.
Oedipus becomes king, and proceseeds to bang his own mom.
Oedipus has lots of chilren.something important happens.
Then he stabs his own eyes out, and his mom commites suicide.
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