Category: Drama

• Oedipus at the Crossroads

  

  Sophocles’ tragedy, Oedipus Rex, is familiar, if only as the inspiration for Freud’s infamous ‘Oedipus Complex’. The play is generally regarded as one of the greatest works of literature ever produced, with no less a figure than Aristotle claiming that Oedipus is the ideal tragic hero. Of course, it was also Aristotle who defined what exactly…

  markwithanx

  November 16, 2023

  Drama

  Laius, Oedipus, Oedipus Rex, Oracle, Sophocles

• Iago

  

  One of the more puzzling aspects of Shakespeare’s Othello is precisely why does Iago do all that he does; deliberately manipulating others to bring about the murder of the innocent Desdemona and the suicide of the mercenary Moor? That there appears to be no satisfactory answer to this puzzle is what makes it so entertaining.…

  markwithanx

  September 18, 2023

  Drama, Shakespeare

  Iago, Othello, Psychopath, Shakespeare

• Abigail as Serpent

  

  Anyone properly conversant with the Bible (which is no one who takes it literally) should recognise disobedience as inherent to human nature. Presumably, God created Adam as He wanted him to be; Eve likewise. God might have been angry that evening He went walking in the Garden and found Adam and Eve hiding their nakedness;…

  markwithanx

  March 21, 2022

  Drama

  Abigail Williams, Arthur Miller, Crucible, Satan, serpent