• Jack Riddle
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    96 months ago

    Oedipus dit also cut his eyes out when he realised what he had done, so…

    • @[email protected]
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      146 months ago

      That’s what I never understood. Oedipus only fucked his mum because he didn’t know who she really was. So, technically a motherfucker but it makes absolutely no sense as a psychology template (in my layman’s eyes st least).

      • @[email protected]
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        46 months ago

        That’s sort of the point of the metaphor I think—Oedipus was driven to do it by fate even though the conscious awareness of it horrified him.