The Arab Oedipus: Four Plays from Egypt and SyriaMarvin Carlson Four plays based on the Oedipus legend by four leading dramatists of the Arab World. |
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... feeling . " No matter what the play's form , style , or the effect it produces in the soul , it is not permissible in my opinion to describe it as tragedy so long as it does not rest on that religious feeling . This divine element in ...
... feeling . " No matter what the play's form , style , or the effect it produces in the soul , it is not permissible in my opinion to describe it as tragedy so long as it does not rest on that religious feeling . This divine element in ...
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... feeling is extinguished , in my opinion , there is no hope of producing tragedy . Perhaps this is the reason for the death of tragedy in our present age . There is not a single poet in the world today who can write a single tragedy of ...
... feeling is extinguished , in my opinion , there is no hope of producing tragedy . Perhaps this is the reason for the death of tragedy in our present age . There is not a single poet in the world today who can write a single tragedy of ...
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... feel and my feeling is about you . SUFFIAN ( embracing her affectionately ) : I love your smell , I love the tone of your voice , and I love the roundness of your breast . SULAF ( moving away coquettishly ) : Don't speak so loudly ...
... feel and my feeling is about you . SUFFIAN ( embracing her affectionately ) : I love your smell , I love the tone of your voice , and I love the roundness of your breast . SULAF ( moving away coquettishly ) : Don't speak so loudly ...
Contents
Editors INTRODUCTION | 1 |
INTRODUCTION TO KING OEDIPUS | 16 |
KING OEDIPUS | 41 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
AL-BAHI al-Hakim André Gide anger answer ANTIGONE Arabic literature ASMA atheist AWALIH Bakathir's banished believe Betakoras blind CHIEF ELDER child CHORUS Corinth CREON crime cursed dear death Delphi door dramatic ETEOCLES everything eyes face fate fear feel give gods Greek hand happened happiness hear heard heart heaven HERDSMAN High Priest HORIMHEB husband JOCASTA killed his father killed the beast killer King Laius King Oedipus Laius laughing leave Listen live looks Lord LUCASIUS machine Majesty marry his mother matter MENSAS mercy Merope misery MUDER never NIKOS ONAH oracle palace play poetry Polybus POLYNICES remember reveal Scene secret SENEFRU shouting silence sinner solve the riddle Sophocles speak Sphinx stop suffering SUFFIAN SULAF talk Tawfiq Al-Hakim tell Temple theatre Theban Thebes things thought throne TIMONE TIRESIAS told tragedy translation true truth understand voice What's wish worry YAZIN