Why is Sophocles plays still performed today?
They are classics. A classic is a work, written, sculpture, play, etc., that has spoken to people throughout generations. Sophocles’ plays touch on deep emotional feelings, how people react to them, and the unintended results. They are about doing stupid things to hurt other people and having those things come back to haunt us. We have a saying calling it, “The law of unintended results.” In the Play Oedipus, the oracle predicted the king’s son would kill him. Then the king orders a shepherd to kill the boy. The baby escaped and the boy grew up and killed his father. Trying to escape the curse, the curse destroyed him. People today have a habit of trying to prevent certain things from happening and it gets us into trouble. Sophocles said it best.
