Reaction to Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King is one of my favorite plays that I have ever come in contact with. In High School, we would read two or three plays a year, including this one in my senior year, and there was also a school play. The reasons I like it are simple. The play is a very simple play to read. Most of the time, plays are easier when you have several people doing the voices of each character. But with Oedipus it seems to flow very easy and smooth. Another reason I like the play is that even though you could have no background of the story of Oedipus, you are able to pick up on the history very easy. Sophocles did a very well job on telling the background subtly, while keeping the reader interested. He also did a very good job in sticking to the Greek unities, Time, Place, and Action. I like how the play takes place all in one day, but you learn about everything that has happened in many years in that one day. I also like how the action doesn't change at all. Throughout the entire play Oedipus is trying to end
It is ironic that Oedipus would mock the blind for not knowing, but then himself becoming blind when he finally knows the truth. Oedipus Rex is a very good tragic play. Sophocles stayed with the basics for a good tragedy. In High School when we found out that he kills his father and marries his mother, we all make a disgusted face and make some kind of remark. It was his savior and also his downfall. The play also consisted of dramatic irony; the play was filled with it. But in High School I found everything I read boring. In other Greek tragedies that I have read there is always the element of Dramatic Irony. But in reality it is Oedipus who does not see the truth about his life. Both attempts prove worthless when Oedipus kills Laius, then marries Jocasta. the plague that has cursed the city of Thebes. Oedipus is one of my favorite plays, and will always be one of my favorite plays. When I read it in High School, I found it a little boring. Jocasta and Laius try to change their fate by attempting to rid themselves of Oedipus. Oedipus' was his intelligence and his judgment.
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