IOP Thoughts (2)

Feelings don't just matter. They are what mattering means. p. 71 Stumbling on Happiness.

So Meursault feels constantly.

IOP Thoughts (1)

I have been examining the subject of happiness because the thesis for my critical paper on The Stranger was that defining or looking for happiness is one theme of Camus’s book.

Journal 3

HEDVIG (throwing herself, sobbing, into GINA’S arms). Mother. Mother!

Journal 2

Comparing an element of Oedipus with The Wild Duck . . .

Many areas of the two plays could be compared and contrasted but one which definitely stands out is in comparing the conflict—and thus the tone--of the two plays.

Journal 1

Nothing in Act II so captures some of the themes of The Wild Duck so well as Hialmar’s conversation with Old Ekdal and Gina when they discuss names and the happenings at the dinner party.

Questions about Oedipus

What evidence do we have that Oedipus is arranging facts--using only some of them--to suit his case rather than looking at all of the facts logically and undefensively?

Is Oedipus the victim of fate or is he responsible for his downfall because of poor and confusing habits of though which betrayed him step-by-step?

Journal #4

Topic: fatalism and its debunking

Oedipus the King is fatalistic, essentially, and this is an area of the play which makes me uncomfortable.