Crash Course Literature - Season 2 Episode 2 Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex
In which John Green teaches you about one of the least family-friendly family dramas in the history of family dramas, Oedipus Rex. Sophocles' most famous play sees its main character, who seems like he's got it all together, find out that he's killed his father, married his mother, had a bunch of incest children, and brought a plague down on his adopted hometown. He doesn't take this news well. John touches on all the classic Oedipus themes, including hamartia, fate, and the wrath of the gods, and even gets into some Freud, although Oedipus was notably not a sufferer of an Oedipus complex. In any case get ready for mystery, incest, bird entrails, and self-inflicted blindness. Very dramatic.
Year: 2018
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: YouTube
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Cast: John Green
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First Air Date: Nov 15, 2012
Last Air date: Feb 13, 2018
Season: 4 Season
Episode: 45 Episode
Runtime: 12 minutes
IMDb: 2.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 5.627
Language: English
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