This blog is a discussion board for students in Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition at Bridgman High School. Students are encouraged to share their views, thoughts, opinions, and reactions to the texts we read and to use the blog as a resource for comprehension and appreciation of literature and the pursuit of learning.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Outrageous Oedipus
At the moment I am very grateful that I am in Drama, otherwise I would not have understood the assigned reading for tomorrow's class quite as well. It's as if I'm reading an ancient script to a soap opera. Woman seduces man into having sexual intercourse by getting him drunk; they send the kid off; kid comes back kills father (not that he knows that); kid is now a man and marries mother and the whole town goes to waste because of one family's wrong doing. (that last sentence was constructed horribly, but I wasn't sure how else to do it.)
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I am not in Drama and i kind of wish i was so i had this background the drama students had. Andrea, this is a well put "summary" though and the last sentence is definatly true. Basically this entire family is the cause of the problems for this city. Due to a prophecy given one family causes troubles for EVERYONE. I don't believe this is fair for the innocent people. =[
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