As I think back of covid-19 days those days were really miserable for India as my homecountry where I was present that time.There were social distancing, people wear masks and there were no gathering and people were afraid to go out even if they have to buy something whereas in “Oedipus the King” the people in Thebes, the play depicts a city suffer with a deadly plague caused by curse.Comparing specific scenes, in Oedipus the King,the people of Thebes are desperate for a solution to the plague, evident in lines like “Each of you suffers in himself alone, not for himself,but for the city”. In contrast,during the Covid-19 pandemic,people faced a shared global issue,adjusting their lifestyle according to the situation.People of my countries followed the proper guidelines given by the government to protect themselves from covid-19.People in Thebes also took the measures to protect themselves from the deadly Plague.Both scenarios illustrate the complexity of navigating the balance between their lifestyles and managing their daily life.
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Hi Harsneh, I totally agree with you. In my country (Dominican Republic), people followed the same rules to try to not be exposed to the virus. I remember how the whole situation was kind of like if we were in a movie. I felt unreal to see how a virus basically paused the whole world. I have to say that till this day I look back to the year 2020 and I can;t still believe how we all went through that. In “Oedipus the King ” people had to go to their king to ask for his help because a lot of people were dying, that is one of the behaviors that I connected to the time when we were locked down.