How do you compare and contrast Oedipus in 'Oedipus Rex' and Leonardo in 'Blood Wedding'?

Answer 1

That they become angry with their wives and that they become violent with men romancing the women they love but that their anger is expressed in violently different ways are the comparison and contrast of Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) and of Leonardo in "Blood Wedding" (Bodas de Sangre) by Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 - August 19, 1936).

Specifically, Theban King Oedipus loses his temper when he finds out that his wife Queen Jocasta also is his mother. He makes an effort to kill her, but finds her already hanging by the threads of his own robes. He mutilates himself for killing his wife's first husband and for having children with his own mother. In contrast, Leonardo's equally violent anger succeeds in getting killed not only his male competitor but also himself. Both his wife and his beloved survive.