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The legendary play tells the story of the namesake of the Psychological problem "Oedipus complex". Although the term's repeated use in popular culture has given it a comedic and silly pretense, the play was very heart wrenching to listen to. Well there are actually three plays, titled as, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone. All three stories have an existence of their own. So to give each their justice I will review each of them separately, but not without comparison and context. The first play is the best among the three. Oedipus The King starts with the sufferings of the citizens of Thebes who are hungry and starving and disease stricken. For all this to end a cursed man must be identified and removed from the land of Thebes; A man who has committed an unspeakable crime. Oedipus The King is one of those rare stories which are more enjoyable when one knows who is the culprit. That means the story is Spoiler resistant. It is my theory that almost everyone who...

What happens when you take your conscience and hides it in a room? In “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde, Dorian takes his picture, covers it with a cloth and hides it in a secluded room. Not to preserve it from deterioration, but because he can’t stand the sight of it. The reason Dorian was filled with so much hatred for the picture was because it had turned itself into a physical representation of his conscience. It wore the cruel expression on his face when he committed a grave sin against a sweet girl who loved him ardently. It wore the scars of his wickedness. It displayed the dark pleasures he sought. But It also gave Dorian immortality. It grew old instead of Dorian. It was only when Dorian looked at the picture he saw the real him. The picture was the true mirror for Dorian. Foreword From my reading, the Book makes a strong case for the objective existence of a conscience and also how morality is not subjective....