Comments on: Oedipus at Colonus

By: adevotedreader

adevotedreader — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:36:57 +0000

I quite liked this, I was glad to think that poor old Oedipus had something good happen to him in the end!

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:38:35 +0000

Dorothy, you are right. I read the trilogy completely out of order though and forgot that this is really a middle story.

Rebecca, I hope you enjoy it when you get to it. Even though it wasn’t wow, it was still good and interesting in how it made all the connections.

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:12:23 +0000

I’ve never read this one in the trilogy. Thanks for the summary — I’ll have to find it!

By: Dorothy W.

Dorothy W. — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:42:09 +0000

The middle section a trilogy is always a problem, isn’t it? Even if he didn’t write them in order, it sounds like this play still has some of the problems of a middle play — it has to bridge the other two parts and so has a lot of work to do that isn’t always exciting. I read these three plays a while back and remember being eager to get on to Antigone.

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:40:39 +0000

Litlove, you know I never once thought about how Oedipus ended his days and I have no idea why. But now I know and yeah, that grave that isn’t a grave is a bit of a fudge.

Jodie, that was kind of nice how it set up Antigone. You’re right, poor thing, I like her very much but her fate is sealed.