Friday, April 22, 2011
Question about Oedipus!
Okay, so I understand that this is a Greek tragedy so it is suppose to be suspenseful and sad BUT there is one thing I don't understand. Mothers have a "mother's intuition"...right? So what I'm not understanding about this play is why didn't Jocasta KNOW that Oedipus was her son, how did she not put two and two together? The age difference must have been quite a gap too (even though we still have cougars)
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I know you would think that you would know your own flesh and blood. Why did she not ever go look for her son??? It was a sad play because poor Oedipus had a terrible fate ahead. Again this has such a twist because who would of thought that he was to kill his father and marry his mother and have children with her. Makes you wonder what Sophocles had on his mind at the time:)
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