The blindness of mind and eyes in Sophocles’ Theban Tragedies and Shakespeare’s King Lear: Oedipus, Lear, and Gloucester
Similarities between Sophocles’ Oedipus and Shakespeare’s Lear were first noticed decades ago. Scholars called attention to the episodes in which both kings repel truthtellers (e. g., Tiresias and Kent); Oedipus’ two sons and Lear’s two daughters are killed; Oedipus laments over his wife and mother,...
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| Main Author: | A. S. Topchyan |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. RANEPA
2024-06-01
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| Series: | Шаги |
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| Online Access: | https://steps.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/192 |
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