At the beginning of the play Oedipus Rex, the protagonist Oedipus is rational, mature, admired and independent of others. "Oedipus, famous among all men," he himself quotes. He has the power to curse the unknown criminal and therefore he is nearly divine. He is sure of his strength and foresight, seen through oracles. He is the self- ... ...
... Texas shows, society does not get better when the state kills killers. We are getting more, not less, violent. This tragic irony is not at all surprising. Jean Piaget, the famous child psychologist, said that getting people to stop killing by putting them to death is like spanking a child and saying, "I am doing this to teach you not to hit people ... . We have started saving each copy in a binder in our Church Library so that we can share it with the parish. - Barbara Kastanias Lee, St. Pius X Church, Conyers, Ga. 11) QUOTES "Why is the United States almost the only country in the civil...
