In the second half of Odepius The King Sophocles there are many timeless human experiences and behaviors. a couple that stood out to me was when the mother hung herself when the marriage came to light. Suicide is sometimes a human behavior when someone becomes severely depressed due to pressure from society, a lot of people tend to think about suicide. a great deal don’t attempt and try to find a way to figure out their problems but sadly for her she successfully committed suicide. The kids felt like a disgrace and felt like no one would want to marry them being as they are Odepius kids, and everyone viewed him as a monster. I understand why they would feel that way. Anyone that would want to marry them may be treated badly due to Odepius incestuous history with his mother and no one wants to be judged which is definitely a timeless human experience.
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Lalique, yes, suicide is a last-resort escape for many people. One of the reasons I admire Oedipus at the end of the play is because he does not kill himself; rather, he faces the punishment he decreed earlier in the play for the murderer of Laius. I do not think suicide is an easy choice, but I think for Oedipus it would have been the “easy way out.” We see that Jocasta leaves her children motherless to deal with their bleak future.
Hey Lalique, I agree with what you said at the end about people not wanting to be judged and it’s definitely true for the modern day as well. Society often tends to be very critical of us and people are always trying to fit in. I feel like something similar to Oedipus’s kids situation would probably be the kids of murderers and serial killers because even though they didn’t do anything themselves, their direct link to the killer affects their life greatly and sometimes they have to go into hiding and change their names because of it.