Hamlet & Oedipus Part 2
Susan Hancock Susan Hancock

Hamlet & Oedipus Part 2

Hamlet & Oedipus Part 2 The Raven returns: His gear is only half-unpacked. His room, apart from the reading light over his desk, is almost completely dark, and the rest of the house is empty, everyone else is still away.

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Susan Hancock Susan Hancock

Getting Away From The Dark Side: Oedipus and Hamlet

One of the best commentaries on Sophocles’ hero, Oedipus, and the Vision of the play can be found in the Penguin Classics reprint: SOPHOCLES. The Three Theban Plays:  Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus.  The fabulous translation of these works by Robert Fagles has none of the self-conscious ‘classicism’ and ‘Ancient’ staginess of so many others.

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