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This 7 page paper compares two “versions” of Oedipus Rex and argues that they can be called religious plays, though religion is more apparent in Sophocles than in Dove’s modern version. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Oedipus Rex and The Darker Face of the Earth: Are
They Religious Plays? Research Compiled by K. Von Huben 4/2010 Please Introduction The story of Oedipus,
the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timelessness makes it an ideal candidate for retelling, as Rita
Dove does in her version, The Darker Face of the Earth. This paper compares the two plays and argues that they can be considered religious works, though not in the
same way. Discussion We begin with the Greek. The religious aspect of the play is apparent immediately, in the fact that it is a priest of Zeus who comes to
Oedipus and asks him to end the plague on Thebes, since it was obvious to everyone that Oedipus was able to answer the Sphinxs riddles because he had Gods help
(Sophocles). They ask him to ask "some God" for help in their present agony: "perhaps youll hear a wise word from some God" (Sophocles 43). Oedipus replies that he has
already sent Creon to "Apollo, / to his Pythian temple" to find out what they can do to lift the plague (Sophocles 70-71). He is just waiting for the messenger
to return with the word of the god so that he can begin. Clearly, then, Oedipus and the Thebans believe in the powers of the gods, and they seek their
counsel. And when Creon returns, he brings word directly from Apollo himself: it is the god that has cursed the city, because there is a "pollution" within it (Sophocles 98).
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