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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
What a tragic fate Oedipus had!
Can you imagine running away, trying to prevent something terrible from happening and ending up going through that, no matter what?
Just awful!
But that was also the reason I loved Oedipus Rex. There's something in a story about fate and how you try to outrun it, yet you end up a victim anyway, of yourself no less, because that was what was supposed to happen since the beginning.
Oh, how your own person and outside forces conspire against you!
Best Greek play ever. Just straight up twisted and crazy. It was an ancient Greek play but I devoured it like an easy read on the beach. Couldn’t stop talking about it with my friends after I read it.
Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
It's a very quick read and very intriguing. I'd already been spoiled before reading this so I knew what was going to happen but it was still very captivating.
It's a very quick read and very intriguing. I'd already been spoiled before reading this so I knew what was going to happen but it was still very captivating.
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Baseando-se no famoso mito de Édipo muito conhecido na época, o poeta Sófocles compõe Édipo Rei , uma peça teatral que melhor representou esse mito e que ficou em primeiro lugar entre as três finalistas. Conta a luta de Édipo para descobrir a verdade sobre a morte do antigo rei Laio da qual é acusado, e também sua luta para descobrir a verdade sobre si mesmo, verdade esta que é horrenda, surpreendente. Conta também sua luta para fugir das sinas profetizadas pelos Oráculos,quando ele era ainda uma criança , que diziam que Édipo iria matar o seu próprio pai e casar com sua mãe.
Realmente uma tragédia, pois Édipo está num caminho sem saída e sua família não facilitou nem um pouco sua vida..
Às vezes é melhor não saber, é melhor estar cego para a verdade, você vai saber o porquê de eu estar dizendo isso ao ler esse livro maravilhoso.
Abaixo cito um texto de Francisco Daudt que comenta com prioridade a respeito disso:
“Agora eu te pergunto: Édipo merece essa fama maldita? A meu ver, ele foi colocado numa arapuca inescapável, metido num problema que não era dele, era dos pais. Não deixaram Édipo viver sua própria vida. Ele foi atrelado à vida dos pais, aos assuntos dos pais. E mesmo os reis de Corinto, seus pais de adoção, deixaram uma armadilha esperando por ele, ao sonegar-lhe
sua verdadeira história.”
Realmente uma tragédia, pois Édipo está num caminho sem saída e sua família não facilitou nem um pouco sua vida..
Às vezes é melhor não saber, é melhor estar cego para a verdade, você vai saber o porquê de eu estar dizendo isso ao ler esse livro maravilhoso.
Abaixo cito um texto de Francisco Daudt que comenta com prioridade a respeito disso:
“Agora eu te pergunto: Édipo merece essa fama maldita? A meu ver, ele foi colocado numa arapuca inescapável, metido num problema que não era dele, era dos pais. Não deixaram Édipo viver sua própria vida. Ele foi atrelado à vida dos pais, aos assuntos dos pais. E mesmo os reis de Corinto, seus pais de adoção, deixaram uma armadilha esperando por ele, ao sonegar-lhe
sua verdadeira história.”
emotional
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
Not as tearful for me as the other great Greek tragedies. Oedipus sort of refuses sympathy and wants to master everything with his intellect. This goes awry when understanding becomes his downfall. Clearly, imho, his investigations aren’t mainly about saving Thebes, but mainly about satisfying his own curiosity and frustration with ambiguity/uncertainty/white lies.
Was Oedipus stupid to continue pulling this string? It seems at one point he is eager to prove he was an orphan, a child of fortune and entirely self made (vs being the son of of King Polybus — and that name is an interesting connection too, being the name of a mind destroying mythical arcade game; perhaps the eponymous connection is how Oedipus destroyed himself by digging deeper into his Polybus connection?). It’s unclear how early he suspects he is his fathers murderer, but it is clearly well before the very end. He could have stopped as Jocasta suggested. And while his arrogance is self defeating, maybe it ultimately helps his city by getting the perpetrator into exile (himself).
And what of the incest? It’s strange how he’s way more upset by this than killing his father. For me the key is when he observes that he slept with his “hard” mother — a mother heard enough to try to have him killed - to have personally handed him over to his assassin. The fact that he slept with a classically bad mother is what makes this so extra fucked up for him (bc people with bad moms and fathers have a sublimated desire to oedipize them?) one interesting thing is that I think it’s mentioned that sure everyone thinks of incest sometimes….
Lots to think about but I prefer Ajax and Antigone.
Was Oedipus stupid to continue pulling this string? It seems at one point he is eager to prove he was an orphan, a child of fortune and entirely self made (vs being the son of of King Polybus — and that name is an interesting connection too, being the name of a mind destroying mythical arcade game; perhaps the eponymous connection is how Oedipus destroyed himself by digging deeper into his Polybus connection?). It’s unclear how early he suspects he is his fathers murderer, but it is clearly well before the very end. He could have stopped as Jocasta suggested. And while his arrogance is self defeating, maybe it ultimately helps his city by getting the perpetrator into exile (himself).
And what of the incest? It’s strange how he’s way more upset by this than killing his father. For me the key is when he observes that he slept with his “hard” mother — a mother heard enough to try to have him killed - to have personally handed him over to his assassin. The fact that he slept with a classically bad mother is what makes this so extra fucked up for him (bc people with bad moms and fathers have a sublimated desire to oedipize them?) one interesting thing is that I think it’s mentioned that sure everyone thinks of incest sometimes….
Lots to think about but I prefer Ajax and Antigone.
NOBODY LET THE PEOPLE FROM ALABAMA READ THIS BOOK
also oedipus is a horrible person.
also oedipus is a horrible person.