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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... understand it . And now I am trying to understand it . SUFFIAN : You understand its language . Does it understand yours ? AL - BAHI ( proudly ) : This , I believe , is what I have achieved . SUFFIAN ( amazed ) : You mean it understands ...
... understand it . And now I am trying to understand it . SUFFIAN : You understand its language . Does it understand yours ? AL - BAHI ( proudly ) : This , I believe , is what I have achieved . SUFFIAN ( amazed ) : You mean it understands ...
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... understand that . I never accepted a fate like this before , but despite everything I am happy and content . SUFFIAN : But how ... ? I don't understand you sometimes . SULAF : I understand myself . My love for you is my understanding of ...
... understand that . I never accepted a fate like this before , but despite everything I am happy and content . SUFFIAN : But how ... ? I don't understand you sometimes . SULAF : I understand myself . My love for you is my understanding of ...
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... understand to bring us to misery ... understand to bring us to death itself . SULAF ( looking to MUDER , who sits humiliated and distant ) : I don't understand anything . SUFFIAN : You poor thing , of course you cannot understand any of ...
... understand to bring us to misery ... understand to bring us to death itself . SULAF ( looking to MUDER , who sits humiliated and distant ) : I don't understand anything . SUFFIAN : You poor thing , of course you cannot understand any of ...
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