Friday, April 3, 2009

Enlighten by a Friend

I was thinking of doing a position paper on song but it seems to be a bit difficult for me to do it. I need something to argue, something new. I would like to do something on song. I am so eager to do it. One of my friends suggested to me to focus on what you can argue or persuade our reader in believing in what you are trying to say. She said try something that you are not satisfied with when reading certain literary text or disagree with writer’s point of views. I began to recall all the literary works that I had learnt. Enlighten. I remembered when I was learning drama with Dr. Edwin, there is a play that I am not satisfied with. Oedipus Rex, a play by Sophocles, portrays the life of Oedipus and the reasons for his downfall are based on his tragic flaws. Sophocles also tried to convey that we are powerless against God and fate and human is weak. I agree with that. However, I disagree with Sophocles when portrays his tragic flaws are the reason for his downfall. Oedipus was powerless in the hand of good and to say he is ignorant, to me, was untrue. I discussed my points with my friend and she agreed with me.

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