What role does emotion play in gaining wisdom through creative creation?
As for Oedipus Rex, here's a quote to ponder: "The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves" (line 1186).
Trajedies, great and small, play a large role in shaping us. I know they effect me; at the very least they grab my attention. But trajedy is not all bad. For me, emotional pain is redeemed by the knowledge I gain from it. Perhaps the greatest trajedy is when we refuse to see what the world offers us, when we become blind as Oedipus did. What happens when we turn off emotion? When we turn a blind eye to the bad in hopes of seeing only the good?
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