Psychlogical Perspective in Oedipus Rex and Trifles

Psychlogical Perspective in Oedipus Rex and Trifles

This paper provides a psychoanalytic analysis of two important plays; Oedipus by Sophocles and Triffles by Susan Glasspell.

As far as Oedipus is concerned, it is brilliantly conceived and written, Oedipus Tyrannus is a drama of self-discovery. Sophocles achieves an amazing compression and force by limiting the dramatic action to the day on which Oedipus learns the true nature of his birth and destiny (Segal, 2003). The fact that the audience knows the dark secret that Oedipus has unwittingly slain his true father and married his mother, does nothing to ...