rmorabia 's review for:

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

4.0

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4-5 stars depending on how the rest of the trilogy goes.

so deep. so layered. so easy to read, surprisingly???

I read this in a synthesized form 6 years ago. not the actual play, but just the story itself. of course, at 14, my only obsession was that he kills his father & marries his mother. reading it was like an hour of "LOL HE DOESN'T KNOW. HE DOESN'T KNOW."

& now reading the original play & of course knowing how it turns out once again, it is very tragic. i don't think I've read a tragedy that's more tragic than oedipus' story.

and what's the lesson? don't try to escape your fate? don't seek the truth? don't get too cocky? I don't really know. there's a lot in here.

it was a surprisingly easy read considering it was a play. I associate all plays with Shakespeare I guess, which are difficult at best. Oedipus has 3-4 characters on stage at a time, it was super easy to get through. I finished in one day.

I feel a very strong personal connection to this story now... Fate catches up to everyone.

we'll see how the rest of the trilogy is.