A Comparative Study of Oedipus and Chinatown
Polanski's Chinatown and Sophocles's Oedipus Rex, states, "...the most fruitful analogies to make between these two works are, I think, those between the works' two heroes." (179) Both Oedipus and Jake Gittes are running from their fate. Oedipus is running from a prophecy given to him by an oracle, which warns that he is going to kill his father and marry his mother, while Jake Gittes is running from his past in
Chinatown. Exactly what Jake is running from is unclear, but it is implied that he contributed to the death of the woman he loved. Cruel Fates...states, "...he had fallen in love with a woman in Chinatown and tried to help her, only to end up (we don't know how) contributing to her death." (179) "Fawell later states, in the same article, "Jake is not only fleeing Chinatown's mysterious corruption, but his responsibility to fight that corruption. A responsibility that will return to him like an old disease, when he takes on
Evelyn Mulraye's case." (179-180)
Both…
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