The Disorder of Anger as Monstrosity as portrayed by Sophocles’ Oedipus and General Hospital’s Sonny Corinthos

Document Type

Panel Presentation

Start Date

20-4-2018 2:00 PM

End Date

20-4-2018 3:15 PM

Keywords

disorder, monstrosity, general hospital, soap opera, Sophocles, Oedipus

Biography

I am a Humanities major with a philosophy concentration my research interests at present include the political Jesus, politics of 1st Century Palestine, Descartes, Marx and Marxism, Heidegger, and Reformed Christianity. I am a fourth generation viewer of General Hospital.

Major

Humanities - Philosophy

Advisor for this project

Christina Franzen

Abstract

This paper addresses issues surrounding social/legal and anger disorder(s) by comparing a passage from Sophocles Theban play Oedipus Rex s titular character and a scene from the long running ABC soap opera General Hospital's Sonny Corinthos and their respective messy and dramatic family trees.

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Apr 20th, 2:00 PM Apr 20th, 3:15 PM

The Disorder of Anger as Monstrosity as portrayed by Sophocles’ Oedipus and General Hospital’s Sonny Corinthos

This paper addresses issues surrounding social/legal and anger disorder(s) by comparing a passage from Sophocles Theban play Oedipus Rex s titular character and a scene from the long running ABC soap opera General Hospital's Sonny Corinthos and their respective messy and dramatic family trees.