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Oedipus was one of the first
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for Oedipus, but, after he has sex with his wife and finds out she’s
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Oedipus accomplishes his incestuous union about 20 years after he was
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In the group the story of Oedipus, or of the primitive
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The story of Laius, Jocasta and Oedipus (and with them the story of
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both lead us to tragedy just as it happened for Oedipus, Laius and Jocasta
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You all know the story of Oedipus, but I think it’s a good idea to
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Oedipus is tied up, his ankles are pierced and he is given to a shepherd
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supposed to kill Oedipus, he meets another shepherd, who is a subject of the
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Oedipus thinks that his father and mother are the king and queen of
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Oedipus killed, and Oedipus thinks he can avoid it by simply leaving Corinth
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Once Oedipus leaves Corinth, he comes to the city of Thebes, without
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Oedipus encounters the Sphinx, who asks him its riddle, but Oedipus
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With the knowledge of this proclamation behind him, Oedipus goes
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Once he arrives in Thebes, Oedipus gets his prize and marries his
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Oedipus then interrogates the prophet Tiresias, and forces him to reveal
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Oedipus can’t believe it, and he believes it is a maneuver set up by
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Oedipus answers: “I will never go back to Corinth, because I was told
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With this new information Oedipus begins to realize that Tiresias is right
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At this point the truth can no longer be hidden; Oedipus goes to the
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There is also a sequel to this tragedy, narrated by Sophocles in “Oedipus
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myth of Oedipus originated) behind all kinds of attempts to either avoid the
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story of the myth of Oedipus
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What Oedipus had repressed, his incestuous desire for his mother,
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almost always indirect, only rarely is it as direct as in the tragedy of Oedipus,
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It would seem that Sophocles, in the second tragedy “Oedipus at
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I say this because the tragedy ends with Oedipus being glorified as if he
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same ideas as Sophocles), Oedipus was a hero who had no culpability
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I will describe the myth of Oedipus and then we will look at how we have
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Oedipus and on the solution we can offer to the oedipal complex
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Laius, Jocasta and Oedipus isn’t the same
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The myth of Oedipus has not stopped being current
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Hasn’t Europe repeated the same story of Jocasta, who sends Oedipus
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These and other reflections can help us see how the story of Oedipus is
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It is a monstrous condition, that brings Oedipus to first
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From the Myth of Oedipus to the Myth of Ulysses∗
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released the tragedy of Oedipus from the realm of being inescapable, and it
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interpretation of patricide, and this is because Oedipus was already deeply
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Oedipus is one who knows the secret of the Sphinx and he also wants to
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was already wondering about the tragic aspects of the story of Oedipus, and
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represents an alternative to Oedipus, where there is no longer the need to
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Whereas pain in Oedipus is something he must feel to expiate, repress
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Oedipus, helps him to look more closely at the truth of his past and his
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Yet perhaps there is something to be learned from the myth of Oedipus that is neither
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events leading to the tragic fate of Oedipus the king
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Second to Oedipus in
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Certainly there are important characters other than Oedipus,
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that of Oedipus should not be reduced only to the role of son and husband, as he is seen primarily as a father in two-thirds of the trilogy
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feminist point, for the reader interested in the fate of the daughter and not just that of the son, Antigone must be considered as seriously as is Oedipus Rex
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In the familiar story, Oedipus ascends the throne as a result of solving the riddle of the Sphinx
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Thebes falls upon hard times does Oedipus, in seeking the cause, discover the truth
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Upon learning his true identity, Oedipus puts out his eyes with Jocasta's brooch, and
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Oedipus' self-intlicted blindness, a mere third of the play has unfolded at this point
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In Oedipus at Colonus, the blind Oedipus wanders the land, accompanied by and
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Betrothed to the son of Creon-brother of Jocasta and successor to Oedipus-she is
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Oedipus had his destiny, sois this hers, each determined by the acts of their fathers, as they are children of their fathers and not their mothers
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the end of this section, Oedipus, guided by Antigone, returns to die a peaceful and
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Before dying, Oedipus entrusts the
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Only Tbeseus, as a man and a king, can be with Oedipus in his last moments on eartb and
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should concern us as much as does that of Oedipus
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Reading the Oedipus myth only from tbe masculine perspective renders the female
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Sophocles, however, "anticipated Freud's rejection of the seduction tbeory in favor of the Oedipus complex" (Rudnytsky 1987, p
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Freud's failure to recognize in the Oedipus myth the culpability of the father was tied to his failure to recognize bis own father's reputation as a Don Juan
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Laius' sin becomes that of his son, and Oedipus'
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Oedipus was a son anda husband, as was Freud, but both were also fathers
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In Antigone, Oedipus'
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So if Sophodes ignores the inherited curse of Laius, he does not omit the inherited curse of Oedipus, as the son is also the father
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reconsidering the myth of Oedipus, the father, and about the feminine through under-
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Freud's "discovery" of the Oedipus complex was applied to male children and later extended to females with a sleight of hand so clumsy that it
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Oedipus complex applies with complete strictness to the male child only, and that we
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reading of the Oedipus myth have influenced the views of generations of
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attachment to the mother, which may be called the pre-Oedipus phase, possesses a far
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have concerned themselves with tbe plight of Oedipus, the son, it remains for us to
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He is the king of bis domain, as was Oedipus, saved by bis mother, although
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Oedipus eventually loses
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Blindness and not castration is the appropriate punishment for Oedipus' sin
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The prophet Tiresias, who revealed his fate to Oedipus, was also blind
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Sorne time after his self-mutilation, Oedipus reconsiders and decides that he may have punished himself too harshly:
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chance to resolve his Oedipus complex, but does not use it wisely
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Oedipus, the son, was fated by the gods to become Oedipus, the husband of his mother
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the punishment of Oedipus
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Antigone takes up Jocasta's task of caring for Oedipus much as a wife/mother would
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Oedipus himself refers to his daughters as just what they are, "Dear props of my life" (Roche 1958, p
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Oedipus slays his own father,
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Girard has noted that "at the core of the Oedipus myth
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an extension of Oedipus that generations of readers have hardly noticed her in her own
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aging and ultimately death, as Oedipus decided that he had been too harsh in
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Oedipal psychology does not end with the son, but continues as he grows into Oedipus
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sexually-first Laius and then Oedipus-and her fate is theirs
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Her body is Oedipus' when he requires it, and
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Oedipus need not slay her, as her hand is
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world? Where can she go? To whom can she turn? As Oedipus extends himself with a
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As Oedipus reminds Creon, his sons are men and are masters of their own destiny, but bis daughters, who
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Antigone is courageous and defiant, but not in her own name or for her own needs, as is Oedipus
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In an important sense, Oedipus can afford to put out his own eyes, for he has another
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Had Jocasta lived instead of Oedipus, Antigone could not have protected her, nor she
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Antigone retains her sensory apparatus, but it is to be used for Oedipus' daily needs
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thing both Antigone and Oedipus have in common is the denial of their relationship
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The purpose of rethinking the Oedipus and Antigone myths is not simply to indulge in
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edipus was blinded for the sin of looking with arrogance and entitlement
