This was the longest play i had to read in awhile. This play is can be very hard to understand just because of the word and the english used. There is so much going on in this play. Its a crazy situation and it keeps getting twisted and sicker as it continues to unfold. I decided to look up the meanings of the some of the names that were used. Phoebus for example in latin means the shinning one. Creon mean ruler. Oedipus means swollen foot. Zeus is the father of all god and men. I also decided to look up this period of time 430 bc. 430 BC was the year of the pre julian roman calender. In greece An outbreak of a plague hit Athens and the disease ravages the densely packed city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/430_BC
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i thought that story was pretty good till the end when we figured out the mom and son were doing the "deed" EW WAT THE HELL !?!? messed up story hah. but hey it was a good one after all, i agree that it was soooo long, but reading it in class was fun.
ReplyDeleteI dont think i would have understood the story if we didnt go read it in class
ReplyDeleteThis story really was crazy like how could somebody marry there mom and not know and how can a mother not recognize her own son , well she knew about it the whole time but why would you want to marry your son and have kids with him pretty gross !
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