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Oedipus the King Sophocles First performed around 429 BC

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Page 1: Oedipus(the(King( 2017-2018... · 2020. 9. 9. · Oedipus(at Colonus(• Butin(whatmanner(Oedipus(perished,(no(one(of(mortal(men(could(tell(butTheseus…(• A:(“we(wish(to(see(the(place(ourselves,(in(which(our

Oedipus  the  King  

Sophocles    

First  performed  around  429  BC  

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Three  Theban  plays  

•  Oedipus  Rex  

•  Oedipus  at  Colonus  

•  AnBgone  (wriEen  first)  

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Family  tree  

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Riddle  of  the  Sphinx  •  What  is  the  creature  that  walks  on  four  4  legs  in  the  morning,  2  legs  at  noon  and  3  in  the  evening?  MAN  

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Temple  of  Apollo-­‐  Delphi:  Know  thyself  (moderaBon,  limit)    

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Anarchy  (arche:  origin;  head)  

•  Law  of  the  city  (relaBve)  •  Law  of  the  absolute  •  Seeing  with  your  biological  eyes  (organizaBon)  •  Absolute  seeing  (prophecy;  disorganizaBon,  nomadism,  opening  up  new  paths,  holiness,  martyrdom).    

•  Relics  accepted,  can  procure  good  for  laEer  generaBons  

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AnBgone  (worthy  of  one’s  parents-­‐instead  of  one’s  parents).  

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Oedipus  at  Colonus  •  But  in  what  manner  Oedipus  perished,  no  one  of  mortal  men  could  tell  but  Theseus…  

•  A:  “we  wish  to  see  the  place  ourselves,  in  which  our  father  rests”.  T:  “no,  it  is  not  permissible  to  go  there”.  A:  “  why?”.  T:  “Because  you  father  told  me,  that  no  one  should  go  near  the  spot,  no  mortal  man  should  tell  of  it…  it  is  HOLY…If  I  keep  this  pledge,  he  said,  I  should  preserve  my  land  from  its  enemies…”.  

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AnBgone  •  Like  father,  like  daughter,  both  headstrong,  deaf  to  reason!  

•  She  has  never  learned  to  yield.  •  A  :Your  edict,  King,  was  strong.  But  all  your  strength  is  weakness  itself  against  the  Immortal  unrecorded  laws  of  God.  

•  T:  Anarchy,  anarchy!  Show  me  a  greater  evil.  This  is  why  ciBes  tumble…No,  no:  good  lives  are  made  by  discipline.  We  keep  the  laws  then,  and  the  lawmakers.  And  no  woman  shall  seduce  us.  

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Oedipus:    Freud  vs.  Deleuze  •  Freud:  necessity  of  accepBng  limitaBons-­‐reality  (neurosis)-­‐  Psychoanalysis  

•  Gilles  Deleuze-­‐  The  An*-­‐Oedipus-­‐  Desire-­‐nomadism-­‐intensity-­‐creaBon-­‐(psychosis)  Schizoanalysis  

•  Freud  (guilt);  Deleuze:  “there  is  nothing  scarier  than  innocence”)  

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Oedipus  (REX)  the  King.    

                                                 

                                                           Keep  going!    

                                                   THANK  YOU