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Oedipus Rex

Sophocles

3.57 AVERAGE

medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The way Oedipus contradicts himself will never not be funny lmao. He says take my children away and then says he can’t live without them. Like- choose one bruh. His mother is the worst tho. Like just tell him the truth. She does her utmost so he doesn’t figure out.

Oedipus is your typical greek play.
challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
dark funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5*
read for my theatre class, can def see why Freud would love this
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

No matter how many times you have read or heard it, it has this tendency to still give you goosebumps.

A classic for a reason. Good production, although I would've preferred fewer sound effects.

I actually laughed out loud several times. I know I'm not supposed to, but it can be quite petty.

Meh. It was what it was. We all know the general sketch about what tragic path befalls the title character, but all I remember is doing a sock puppet sketch in world literature with my classmates, haha. (6.5)