"Well, I'm just saying, I would never have my main character gouge out his eyes*."
Yes, we were discussing Oedipus Rex at that point... but I just hope someone else can find this as randomly funny as I do.
Monday, April 4, 2011
In a hilarious and intriguing discussion over breakfast, Josiah and I were talking about comedy and tragedy, hamartia, hubris, catharsis, Aristotle, and other such topics sparked by the book I'm currently in: Reading between the Lines by Gene Edward Veith. As we were discussing and debating different points of Classical Tragedy, Josiah cut to the quick:
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You two crack me up... just saying. And tell Josiah that it's better that characters gouge their eyes out than he gouge his own eyes out. Just saying. :)
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