Provide examples and evidence of Marxism, existentialism, feminism, and Freudian pscychoanalysis in the Oedipus plays.

One of Marx's
profoundest insights concerned the way in which inequalities among different classes led to
strife; he also claimed that this strife would be the undoing of the ruling classes. One might
say that the character ofillustrates this; he is desperate for power and is willing to subjugate
anyone he needs to in order to get it. However, this is very much part of his tragic flaw;
perhaps if he weren't so keen to rule, the tragic events would never have unfolded.

In terms of feminism, we might argue that the tragic events could also have been
avoided had , Oedipus' mother/wife, been allowed a say at any point. Her husband decided
unilaterally to send the baby away in order to avoid the prophecy. Oedipus (unknowingly) killed
his father and married Jocasta; Jocasta had no say in this matter either.

In term of psychoanalysis, the Oedipus plays led Sigmund Freud to name a complex after him : the
Oedipus complex. Freud believed that humans were controlled by drives and...