So we're reading this greeeaaat play about what else,a ruler who has issues. So Oedipus has been handed with a horrible name and a curse on his land.Peeps are dying everywhere but he "feels" more pain because he's...well.. alive and that..sucks. Turns out that Oedipus is the murderer and has brought the curse to his land.Can you imagine a leader bringing pain to his people?Never been done before.He not only killed his dad but had sexual relations with his mom.I love me some drama.Then he calls Creon out for trying to murder him. Oedipus displays Hubris because he is prideful to the max.He wants to know the truth even though he is warned by Tiresias that he wont like it.He doesn't listen and then gets upset.His wife, Jacosta, comes in and tells him the truth and he Gasp! listens her.What kind of fool listens to a woman?His hamartia is that not only did he kill his dad,he didn't listen when Creon asked him to hear about the curse in front of everybody.I don't think he's had a catharsis moment yet;he's probably going to feel that towards the end of the play.How original.Pathos is supposedly used because although he's prideful and killed his daddy,you should have a miniscule soft spot for him.I,however, don't care what happens to him because the character lacks anything that I like.I don't want him to rule or die,I just want him to get some therapy stat.
I'm not really enjoying this play so far,because as many know, I hate tragedies and drama. I have made mistakes and have a couple of personal flaws,like many others.It is those flaws here and there mixed together that bring me down(laziness,procrastination,judging others).However,in these dramas, the characters aren't realistic.They're all stereotyped versions of humans.One is really evil,one is really dumb,one is really prideful.Not saying that there aren't people like that,but why cant we read about a character that has mild cases of all three?That way, I'd be able to relate to those better.I get tired of seeing the same characters make the same mistakes.Life isn't predictable and neither are humans,so why should drama and tragedies that are based on both be predictable?I hate watching a movie and yelling in my mind,"Don't do that!That's so dumb!Your half naked in the woods and you hear a noise so you decide to investigate?Stop".We've all done that before.For me,its usually with bad films so why am I doing that with these supposedly great plays?Humans are difficult to figure out yet I've already figured out Oedipus in the first couple of pages.Is it because originally the plays were based on gods that had one trait(god of war,god of water)and when the Greeks incorporated humans into it, they just kept that one trait mentality?All I know is that without even finishing the play,I can already put Oedipus with Romeo and Juliet:characters that are silly,one-note,and not relatable.And thus,making the story line unenjoyable for me.
*The character talk non stop.Brevity is key guys!Another way these plays aren't realistic for they feature impossibly long conversations.At this time,Greeks didn't have technology, which means that they took forever just to do simple things.So why are they wasting their time having two hour conversations?Get to making hummus people!
P.S. Jacosta,really?Sounds like a Tyler Perry character.
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