Resumen de Hubris and Nemesis: the Myth of Oedipus and Identity in Crossed: Wish You Were Here
- español
El mito del pecado ancestral ha ocupado la imaginación colectiva desde el albor de la humanidad. Las maneras en las que los personajes se enfrentan a su némesis han cambiado a lo largo de la historia, pero la estructura de este mito sigue permeando nuestra cultura. En este ensayo, Shaky de Crossed Wish You Were Here es comparado con el Edipo Rey de Sófocles para determinar cómo sigue este mito representando nuestros miedos, si su estructura sirve para identificar y procesar estas ansiedades sociales en nuestra cultura y si el proceso edípico psicoanalítico puede explicar la búsqueda de identidad de Shaky.
- English
The themes of past sins have occupied our collective imagination since the dawn of humankind. The ways in which characters are faced with their nemesis have changed throughout history, but the structure of the myth permeates our culture even nowadays. In this essay, Shaky from Simon Spurrier’s Crossed: Wish You Were Here is analysed and compared to Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex to determine if this myth still accurately represents some of our oldest fears, if its structure still serves the purpose of identifying anxieties in our culture, and it the Oedipal process can help explain Shaky’s search for identity.
