
Children often engage in imaginative scenarios involving catastrophes, such as earthquakes, floods, or fires. These enactments, frequently incorporating toys and other props, allow them to explore complex themes of destruction, rescue, and... Read more »

At the commencement of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, the city of Thebes is ravaged by a plague. Citizens are dying, livestock are perishing, and crops are failing. This devastating pestilence creates an atmosphere... Read more »