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A review by erinlynn1989
The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles
4.0
So I somehow managed to teach Oedipus Rex to a group of 12th grade AP students on a moment's notice because my cooperating teacher had to proctor tests to other students. Keeping in mind that I had not read the play since I was sixteen, and I am now twenty-three, I was scared.
I just grabbed a copy, and let them act it out as I read along with them. I was able to remember all the little things that I never thought I would remember, and none of them knew that I hadn't planned it.
After they finished Oedipus Rex, I decided to keep reading the only play out of the three that I had not yet read.
Because I had only read Oedipus Rex and Antigone, I felt I was missing many gaps. Reading Oedipus at Colonus really helped me to understand why the brothers are feuding, and it makes the plot of Antigone so much clearer.
I just grabbed a copy, and let them act it out as I read along with them. I was able to remember all the little things that I never thought I would remember, and none of them knew that I hadn't planned it.
After they finished Oedipus Rex, I decided to keep reading the only play out of the three that I had not yet read.
Because I had only read Oedipus Rex and Antigone, I felt I was missing many gaps. Reading Oedipus at Colonus really helped me to understand why the brothers are feuding, and it makes the plot of Antigone so much clearer.