{"product_id":"two-oedipal-plays-paperback","title":"Two Oedipal Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLenny Cavallaro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophocles is best known for \u003cem\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/em\u003e, in which the protagonist discovers-to his horror -that he has slain his father and married his mother. In one guise or another this thematic material is familiar territory for Sophocles; it arises in at least two more of his dramas, including \u003cem\u003eOdysseus Acanthoplex.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Interpretation of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e Freud explains that Hamlet is unable to avenge his father's murder because of his repressed Oedipus complex-i.e., because Claudius has killed Hamlet's father and now sleeps with Hamlet's mother, and thus \"shows him [i.e., Hamlet] the repressed wishes of childhood realized.\" However, we know that Hamlet will ultimately slay his [step-]father. Moreover, in Act III, scene iv Hamlet explicitly instructs his mother not to sleep with the King: suggestively Oedipal material, to say the least. Lenny Cavallaro has written a very short, one-act \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e and a conjectural \"restoration\" of \u003cem\u003eOdysseus Acanthoplex.\u003c\/em\u003e In both texts we encounter similar thematic motifs, and while the works are vastly different, the pairing is indeed coherent.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 54\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.11 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734709145663,"sku":"9781088060278","price":11.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/450fcedc695730f66e41859cee7f0710.webp?v=1765140824","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/two-oedipal-plays-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}