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A brief discussion of morality in Manchester by the Sea and Oedipus Rex

“Oedipus Rex” is probably not the first thing that will come to mind when someone watches the 2016 award-winning film “Manchester by the Sea” on a chill night during spring break. The bar brawls initially remind me of how Fyodor Dostoevsky’s paradoxical

March 28, 2024

Arts

Women of Trachis Stuns Non-viewers and Critics Alike

When a tree falls in the forest and there is no-one there to hear it, does it make a sound? Last Friday, April 24 at 8 p.m. EST on the dot, the entirety of Swarthmore came together for 30 minutes to participate

May 7, 2020

Arts

Greek tragedy fights its environment in Medea

Rehearsals for “Medea” began just like one of the lines of cocaine I’d witnessed, as an innocent bystander, being cautiously sniffed two and a half weeks ago by some faceless and nameless Swattie and his friend in the dark, off a small,

October 23, 2014

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A brief discussion of morality in Manchester by the Sea and Oedipus Rex

Women of Trachis Stuns Non-viewers and Critics Alike

Greek tragedy fights its environment in Medea

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A brief discussion of morality in Manchester by the Sea and Oedipus Rex

Women of Trachis Stuns Non-viewers and Critics Alike

Greek tragedy fights its environment in Medea

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Controversy Surrounds Swarthmore Democratic Committee Endorsements

Swarthmore Begins Search for New Provost

Weekly Recap

The Rational Ideology of Philadelphia’s Urban Landscape

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