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April 1,2025
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Oedipus of Sophocles is a great work of art written by a great poet,this play symbolizes for the human misery and despair...
the torments of the human soul,the innocence and guilt,Wisdom Out of Suffering and Fate that determines many things no matter how we struggle to change it....
Oedipus hears about his dreadful fate from the Delphic oracle and flees from Corinth. But instead of fleeing from his fate he runs into it...

Oedipus a passionate heart,who ask questions and take risks,has all the qualities of a great man...he has gone through sudden shifts on the course of his life and lets every situation control him....

Despite his flaws, Oedipus is a good person who seeks the truth no matter how devastating. and who accept the responsibility for his actions.....

At the end of the play, Oedipus accepts his fate as well as the punishment given to him ....

He had promised to exile the one who is responsible for the plague , and he fulfills his promise even if he himself is the one to be exiled. By mercilessly punishing himself, he becomes a great hero...
who has a Respect for Justice ....

Jocasta, on the other hand, appears as a person who would rather control the situation. She reveals that she is more mature than Oedipus and even reveals a maternal side towards him. This is evident in the way she tries to stop Oedipus from investigating further into the mystery of his birth. At this point, she has realized the possibility that Oedipus may be her son. She would rather let the dreadful fact remain a mystery then let it ruin their lives
The entwined sheets with which she hangs herself symbolize the double life she has led........

Oedipus tragic position and his trial to elude the prophecies and to challenge his Fate, that was inevitable as he at last fails, but just having the courage to attempt , makes him a true hero.

This play raises a question,when someone is trying to avoid doing things. Does he have free will or the ability to choose his own path or is everything in life predetermined?







April 1,2025
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"Yazık, insanın değiştiremeyeceği şeyleri bilmesi ne korkunç."

"Bu yüzden, beklemeli en son günü, ve dememeli ölümlü kimseye bahtiyar
Acılar çekmeden hayatın hedefine ulaşmadan önce o kimse."
April 1,2025
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"How dreadful the knowledge of the truth can be. ...
Alas, how terrible is wisdom."
April 1,2025
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I would rather suck a moldy lemon out of the ass of a dead skunk than read this book again.
April 1,2025
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“Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.”
April 1,2025
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ya no quedan hombres como los de antes 3 (capaces de arrancarse los ojos al darse cuenta de que han hecho las cosas fatal)

relectura : lo que más me ha sorprendido esta vez es lo poco preocupado que se muestra edipo... son todos los hombres heterosexuales así? yo siento que las chicas y las minorías sobrepensamos todo aunque quizá solo se deba a la culpabilidad cristiana fruto de la herencia católica
April 1,2025
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"..nasıl bir felakete uğradığını, nerede oturduğunu, kimin yanında ömür geçirdiğini görmedikten sonra o gözlerin neye yarar?"

"Sadık bir dostu reddetmek, bence kendi kendimizi hayatın en aziz bildiğimiz bir parçasından yoksun bırakmaktır."

April 1,2025
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Orhan Pamuk'un Kırmızı Saçlı Kadın'ında fazlasıyla spoiler okumuştum. Yine de merakla ve keyifle okudum.

".. son gününü görmeden hiç kimseye mutluluğa ermiş demeyin! "
April 1,2025
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Nakon povratka ovom djelu... Ovo djelo staro dva tisućljeća je genijalnost. Ne dajem pet zvjezdica samo zato što imam kriterij da moram biti baš oduševljena i da imam osjećaj da ću se knjizi često vraćati i da je nešto posebno dotaknula unutar mene.
Ali da je ovo klasik vrijedan pet zvjezdica... Itekako jest.
April 1,2025
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El complejo de Edipo es lo único que yo conocía de esta obra, sin haberla leído todo mundo sabemos sobre la lectura que se le ha hecho desde el psicoanálisis. Pero también está el tema de que Edipo está buscando a un culpable que resulta ser él. Es muy fuerte como historia, una tragedia que me parece súper moderna, y esa idea, el enemigo está dentro de tí, tiene un gran simbolismo, que me parece importante, y en todo momento presente, actualísimo.
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