journal #1

         There does not really seem like there is a specific point of view. Throughout this tragedy that I've read so far, it just seems like there is bunch of dialogue and this story is told in 3rd person. It is difficult to get to know the characters, unless you use thew back part of the book. Some characters, like a god (Apollo), stand out more than other characters. I find myself repetitively looking at the back of the book to see who a certain character is. These characters, like Oedipus, are not that credible. Early, Oedipus said he wanted to find who killed Laius. It made me think that there was a murderer, but later, it turned out he might have actually killed Laius. He is not credible. The characters are presented through dialogue and the chorus's singing usually brings in the character's of the gods. Sophocles is able to persuade us to like/sympathize with some characters and dislike some characters by strong emotions of other characters. He develops strong conversations in dialogue where a character will be hating on another character. It makes me feel the hate against a character, like Creon and Oedipus. They both seem annoying, in my opinion, and Jocasta seems like the mature one trying to get them to stop, along with the chorus.