When I was reading _King Oedipus_ to get ready for our study of the play, it occurred to me that there were some interesting parallels between it and Book VII of Plato's _The Republic_ . In Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" the metaphoric use of dark and light is integral to the theme of the nature of truth.
Since then I've done a bit of poking around and, of course, I am not the first to recognize this connection between _King Oedipus_ and "The Allegory of the Cave".
Here are two links that you need to read for Tuesday's class (September 16).
Plato's The Republic
http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/
Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" from The Republic
http://faculty.washington.edu/
Sophocles (495-406 BCE) wrote before Plato 429-347 BCE).
Focus Question: How are these two works similar re: dark and light/ignorance and truth?
Enjoy!
Ms. Hughes
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