Scapegoat Themes in "I Confess" and Sophocles’ "Oedipus the King"
HitchCon '23: Hitchcock Unbound
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Sophocles’ Oedipus the King informs Hitchcock’s "I Confess" (1953). Both works feature priests, an investigator and government officials and share themes concerning sight, walking, human knowledge and taboo sexuality. Join Christopher Newport University classics professor Mark W. Padilla for this journey into the ancient roots of Hitchcock’s profoundly Catholic film.
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