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Oedipus the King

Revisiting an Old Friend: Oedipus

I know that Oedipus the King was our first ever text for Arts One and that today was the day of our final exam, but it would be selfish of me to not share this amazing discovery. As I was listening to one of my favorite songs, Demons by the Imagine Dragons, I realized how it almost seems like the entire song is narrating the life of Oedipus. I’d love to explain how I they relate to one another, but then the song is as self-explanatory as it gets. So,…read more

Posted in blogs, lb4-2016 | Tagged with Oedipus, Oedipus the King

Only the Oedipus Complex?

One of the things that seemed strange to me about Freud was that although he discusses the Oedipus complex (desire…

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Leonardo DaVinci and a Memory of his Childhood, Oedipus the King, sigmund freud, Sophocles

Oedipus: Divine fate or free will?

When presented with this story, I was very skeptical about how much meaning I could get out of it. Oedipus kills his father, and has intercourse with his mother. We all know the story. But as we started discussing it (especially during the lecture) I was able to extract enormous amounts of information from my […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Oedipus Rex, Oedipus the King, Sophocles

Oedipus the King

The first text of the year was, I admit, not one I was particularly enthusiastic about. As I read through the text, Oedipus’ unfolding tragedy (which I had learned about several times in the past) seemed to me as a foretold train wreck: a man who, curse upon curse, sealed his own destiny. However, looking at […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Oedipus Rex, Oedipus the King, Sophocles

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