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I'm back on campus and away from my One True Love, so maybe I'll be able to net again here.
An interesting examination of feminism in Ootp here: http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2003/08/harry_potter_and_the_order_of_the_phoenix
Oedipus is a truly disturbing story. Classics may push me into fate-vs-free-will territory, but only ever unwillingly. Like, how is the debate relevant to anything? We don't have oracles of the Greek sort any more, and I don't think that too many people have ever had a psychic tell them anything as specific or nasty as the whole kill-your-father-marry-your-mother business. It's not that clear! And the issue is muddy and unimportant and impossible to resolve. Frankly, I half suspect that Sophocles and his ilk are the only reason why anyone talks about it anymore.
Aaaand...I have no more content. My brain is still working on waking up.
An interesting examination of feminism in Ootp here: http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2003/08/harry_potter_and_the_order_of_the_phoenix
Oedipus is a truly disturbing story. Classics may push me into fate-vs-free-will territory, but only ever unwillingly. Like, how is the debate relevant to anything? We don't have oracles of the Greek sort any more, and I don't think that too many people have ever had a psychic tell them anything as specific or nasty as the whole kill-your-father-marry-your-mother business. It's not that clear! And the issue is muddy and unimportant and impossible to resolve. Frankly, I half suspect that Sophocles and his ilk are the only reason why anyone talks about it anymore.
Aaaand...I have no more content. My brain is still working on waking up.