Two Oedipal Plays

by Lenny Cavallaro

Book Overview

Sophocles is best known for Oedipus the King, in which the protagonist discovers-to his horror -that he has slain his father and married his mother. In one guise or another this thematic material is familiar territory for Sophocles; it arises in at least two more of his dramas, including Odysseus Acanthoplex. In The Interpretation of Dreams Freud explains that Hamlet is unable to avenge his father's murder because of his repressed Oedipus complex-i.e.,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1088060277
• ISBN13: 9781088060278
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Lenny Cavallaro
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"