The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone by Seamus Heaney, Sophocles

The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone



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Page: 88
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ISBN: 9780374530075
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux


Oct 31, 2013 - The play is “Antigone,” written by Sophocles and translated often in the years since. Mar 29, 2011 - Antigone's speeches are literally the first declaration of universal human rights in Western history; by having Antigone bury Polynices, Sophocles is putting her in the role of the Athenian state itself – one of the most cherished Athenian myths was the story of how Athens marched on Thebes not to conquer it but to compel the honorable burial of its enemies (the world's first international humanitarian intervention). Dec 8, 2010 - Sophocles wrote the three Theban plays, a collection that has survived centuries, and for good reason. We see Antigone in great pains in the beginning of the story. Feb 13, 2014 - I recently read Sophocles's Antigone[1] in the Classical Readings course that I'm enrolled in as part of Rosemont College's MFA in Creative Writing Program. Sep 13, 2010 - In the story, we see that Antigone's brothers Eteocles and Polynices fall down in a war but the king of Thebes, Creon, does not allow a funeral for Polynices whom he accuses as being a traitor. Has much more sympathy for Antigone from the overall text. Sep 3, 2011 - The Guthrie Theater announced last week the complete casting for its upcoming production of The Burial at Thebes, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone, playing Sept. One of the plays, Antigone, When Creon discovers Antigone is behind the secret burial, she doesn't deny his inquiry. The modern version was written by Jean Anouilh during World War II as a strong but subtle message to French Resistance fighters. State's uncontrolled power that regulates everything even the burial of a brother who is accused to be a traitor for the state, is criticized here by Sophocles. Jul 3, 2013 - Seamus Heaney brings his skill of translation to the ancient Greek tragedy, "Antigone," first written by dramatist Sophocles in the 4th century BC. Nov 21, 2006 - The brother of Oedipus, Creon, and uncle of Antigone was now the undisputed master of the city and resolving to make an example of the brother who had fought against him refused the right of honorable burial to Polynices. Dec 1, 2011 - Antigone is buried alive on orders from her uncle Creon—who is also the father of her betrothed—and who belatedly discovers only too clearly the cost of power.





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