life life life....

The perception of Life, that is what the authors said in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, The Four Ages of Man by William Butler Yeats and As You Like it by William Shakespeare. In the poem (The Four Ages of Man), Yeats divided a man’s age in to 4 stages. Shakespeare divided a man’s age into seven stages in his drama. As for Oedipus Rex, the riddle that mentioned in the play divided man into 3 stages. Yet, in this play, the life of a man is some sort of a tool that God used to fill up their free times. I do not know whether is it proper for me to say that, but I do think that God is playing with Oedipus’ fate. Oedipus is wise, but he could not solve the unfortunate fate that given by the God for him. Man could not run away from their fate and death. These 3 literature works do mention about the stage of becoming old. People will suffer from sickness and one day we will be dead.

another post abut Oedipus....

I got much new information in drama today. I was talking with my friends at café and we started to talk about Oedipus Rex. There was information that is quite interesting for me. One of my friends told me that the Sphinx is actually the metaphor of Oedipus’ mother (also his wife), Iocaste. Oedipus succeeded to solve the riddle that is given by the Sphinx and the Sphinx dashed herself to death. Then, when Oedipus reveals the truth of King Laios’ murder, Iocaste summit suicide. So, you see the connection between these two events? One more information, about the life between King Laios and Iocate. Actually they had been told that they could not be married as their son will kill the father. Yet, they got married also but they do not have sex. Unfortunately, one night when King Laios was drunk, he “raped” Iocaste. (can I say it as “Rape”? They are husband and wife. Well, it is quite complicated.) So, Iocaste pregnant and gave birth to Oedipus. This information made me feel more that the antagonist, the source of conflict in Oedipus, is come from King Laios. He knew these things will happen, but he could not control his lust and all the things that happened in Oedipus’ life are the price that he had to face for the mistake that he did. King Laios is the man that started all the unfortunate things in his family. He can not blame the fate, as the fate already told him what would happen.

My short performance....

The things that I will consider for my short performance are:

1. The audience.
2. The stage for my performance.
3. Costume.
4. The actors that involve in the play.

The audience, the first and most important thing that I will consider for my short play. I will consider who my audiences are. What type of play do they like? Romantic? Comedy? Or tragic? If my audiences are children, then I will put some fairy tale element inside my play. Actually, I would like to present a play for small children long time ago. I think it would be fun and interesting.

Second, the stage. If my stage is big, then I can put more things to decorate the stage, and I got more space for my stage director to show his creative talent. If my stage is small, I will use every single space more carefully to enhance the view of the stage.

The third element is the costume. Is the costume that I needed traditional or modern? I would like to perform a Victorian area’s play. I like their costume so much. If I got a chance to wear it, it will be a great experience for me!

The last thing that I will consider is the actors of the play. Are my actors experienced or are they new actors? Actors are one of the important elements in a play as they are the tool to convey the message in a play. So I would pick some experienced actors to work together with the new actors. This is because the experienced actor can teach the new actors to perform better.

Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex, my first reading in drama, it is an interesting story. Oedipus, a wise king, but is he really that wise? Thebes under his control, is having plague, a desease that given by god to make people suffer. Why is God giving this desease to Thebes? Is it because of Oedipus' act that killed his own father and be married with his own mother? Maybe. But for me, it is because of the King Laios. Why am i saying like this? If King Laios did not wanted to kill Oedipus, he would not be given to the shepherd, and passed to Polybus' hand, and Oedipus will definately not becoming a King. Fortune teller is another big reason. As people said, do not belive so much in fortune teller. ya, it might change your life, but it might ruin your life too. It is easier to live on without knowing your future. King Laios knowing that his son, Oedipus, will kill him in the future, so he decided to kill his son rather than letting his son to kill him later. So, this is the starting for Oedipus miserable life. Oedipus' life might be better if his father did not go ask the fortune teller.
Maybe, maybe this is the faith for a wise person. God is testing him for he had such a good brain. He solved the riddle of Sphinx, he gave the light to his people; this show his wiseness. But, there is no human in this world that is wiser than the God. Oedipus could not run from his faith for killing his own father and married with his mother although he tried hard to avoid it. There must be a reason for God to give a wise thinking to Oedipus; as people said, we do not know what God is thinking.

my first class in edu 3217

when i register my subject for my sem 4 classes, i was so scared when there is a subject called "Teaching the LAngauge of Drama". It's drama man! The language is oldish language, can i handle it? that is the first question that came into my mind. but, luckily, after the first class, i was quite relief. as when i study the first drama for the class (entitled "Oedipus Rex"), i found out that it is quit interesting and drama is not really that hard as i think. further more, my lecturer for this class is Dr. Edwin, so as long as im concentrate in the class, i think that is not much problem for me in this class. you knw, Dr. Edwin is really a good lecturer. hehe. anyway, this is an interesting subject and i really enjoy reading drama.