During this week of class reading “Oedipus the king”, I would rate my ability to read and understand the play as a 9 out of 10. “Oedipus the king” is a Greek tragedy about a man who unknowing fulfills a prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother. As someone who doesn’t read plays very much, my rating of a 9 out of 10 for reading and understanding is pretty good. While reading the play, I’ve been able to understand the plot pretty well but I’ve had trouble understanding some words and the placement of words have also been a little difficult to understand. Reading this play I actually found myself liking the story and the characters a lot. This story had themes of fate and freewill which I enjoyed how Oedipus was persistent to find out the truth about himself. In the production of this play, I would want to play Oedipus. I would want to portray the character Oedipus because for starters he’s the main character. I would play Oedipus because his character changes over the course of the story as he unveils more information about his origin and prophecy.
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Im glad you did not have as much trouble as me reading “Oedipus the king”. Although I had trouble i was able to understand the full story. I personally would not want to play Oedipus the king due to the prophecy around him it kind of makes me uncomfortable that i’m playing a character who marries his mother something about that doesn’t feel right
Hello Aaron,
I also chose to play Oedipus if I had the chance because like you said he’s constantly changing and I just think it would be so exciting on stage.
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Hello Aaron,
I also chose to play Oedipus if I had the chance because like you said he’s constantly changing and I just think it would be so exciting on stage. Additionally, It’s great to hear that you rated your ability to read and understand “Oedipus the King”. A 9 out of 10 is impressive, especially for someone who doesn’t read plays often. I might need some tips because I would rate myself like 3 out of 10.
Hey Arron, even though I would choose to play Creon, Oedipus would be my second choice. I also really enjoyed throughout the play how Oedipus was discovering things about himself, and how persistent he was, only to find out his fate. Like you, I also really enjoyed the fate aspect as well, due to the fact that the whole time of him trying to get to the bottom of this, only for him to be completely unaware that he is in fact all along the murderer.