Was reading 'the crying of lot 49'...by Thomas Pynchon

[sharon20lostie.livejournal.com]

 And the protagonist is a woman nameed is Oedipa Maas. 

I think it was made up specifically for the novel, and stems from Oedipus, the King of thebes in greek litertaure who married his mother and killed his father.

WDYT? Too weird?

Comments

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

The sound of the name is kind of pretty, but I can't imagine giving this name to anyone unless you were *trying* to give them a complex.

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Romanizing it to Ulyssa would be better, I think

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

agreed.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

That's not the same character. Ulysses is the equivalent of Odysseus, not Oedipus.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

That kind of sucks. -_- I mean, it doesn't sound bad, but the connections it will undoubtedly make will get the poor child teased for life.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

bad for the sound and bad for the complex.
Bad, and same for Oedipus.

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

It immediately reminded me of Oedipus, it's way too close not to draw that association. I mean, not everyone would know of that particular Greek myth or the Oedipus Complex, but those that do would definitely make the connection.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

IAWTC

[hells-librarian.livejournal.com]

IAWTC

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

horrid for obvious reasons.