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Catching up on blogs…

Sorry its late! But as they say, better late then never…

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Does Oedipus the King teach us an important lesson? Besides the obvious don’t sleep with your parents lesson, I believe that the story does contain some fairly important lessons that can still be applied in everyday life. For one, a sort of Murphy’s Law (Oedipus’s Law?!?!) is introduced. Not so much that if something can go wrong that it will, but more that things can be more than they seem to be…so its a good idea to not get cocky and proclaiming that you shall avenge the death of your city’s dead king by bringing his murder to justice, because in the end the gods could play the ultimate prank on you and you could end up being the murderer. Another good lesson in Oedupis the King is that sometimes the truth hurts, so suck it up and deal with it. Throughout the play Oedipus has several opportunities to learn the truth, but he chooses to ignore it. Then when he is out of options, and all clues point towards the truth which was right in front of him the whole time, then the truth stings just that much more. So, lesson learned: don’t lie to yourself because you don’t want to believe the truth.

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Sylvia Plath was born in massachusetts and raised by her mother and father. Her father died just after she was eight, and his death obviously scarred her quite a bit. she attempted suicide in her college years. She later married Ted Hughes, had a not so happy marriage and divorced him after a few years. She then attempted suicide in her 30s and this time succeded.

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