Oedipus the King
Even though Oedipus the King didn’t detail all of Oedipus’ adventures, I thought it was a good book. I think it was smart of Sophocles to pick out the most significant, life altering phase in Oedipus’ life to bring to the stage. I also really respect how Sophocles took the myth of Oedipus and put all of the details of the story into it. I think it’s somewhat amazing how he took something that supposedly happened and gave the people exact dialogue and specific feelings. I realize that Oedipus the King is only a myth and that all Sophocles needed was a creative mind, but I still respect him. Being as Oedipus the King’s storyline was already laid out, I can’t blame Sophocles for some of the events I didn’t agree with or ridiculed. First of all, I know I shouldn’t laugh at this myth because the ancient Greeks actually believed it, but I did. The Sphinx was a monster with the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of a bird. I just think it’s absurd that someone would actually make up a story with something like the Sphinx in it. It sounds like something out of a science fiction story, and I just don’t like science fiction. Next, why did Oedipus gouge his eyes out? I understand why Oedipus would do something so . . .
I did not like reading that part at all and consider it a waste of Sophocles’ talent. Lucas thought that Oedipus the King was a ghastly, horrifically plotted story with an unbelievable plot written two thousand years ago. In Oedipus the King I thought Oedipus was the central character because the whole play was about him. Maybe Oedipus went looking for his future. When Laius heard of his son’s disgraceful future and the costly effect it had on him, he tried to alter his own fate. However, the oracle only told him he’d kill his dad and marry his mom. He never would’ve met up with his real father and killed him. In Lucas’ opinion, Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is a great play because of how it moves, due to the scenes. They not only painfully hurt themselves, but they didn’t really think of their children. The prophecy of Apollo had come true, without anyone knowing. Poor Oedipus had no idea what he was doing. Another theme present in Oedipus the King was, “don’t torture yourself or your loved ones over something you had no control of. The play is dramatic, but to Lucas, not the highest possible. There is the possibility that had Oedipus controlled his curiosity of his biological parents, none of this never would’ve happened.
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