First of all E.R. Dodds, the author of this, disagrees with Sigmund Freud (to a point), which I FULLY back him up on. Freud only saw the specifics that the play MIGHT have been addressing while Dodd goes for a more broader interpretation that, I feel, can be more easily accepted by most. Second, Dodds was comprehensive while being concise. Dodds calls Oedipus a symbol of human intelligence,which I feel casts Oedipus in a good light. And did I already mention that Freud's interpretation seems so far out to meand that he doesn't even include girls in his interpretation, which excludes him from my idea of a correct interpretation?( I mean, he couldn't possibly be saying girls want to get with their mothers and kill their fathers, right?)
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