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In reply to #1: Hi there- I just finished teaching Antigone in my...

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:14:17 PST

In reply to #1: Hi there- I just finished teaching Antigone in my "Literature 101" blog here at eNotes. There you will find a comprehensive analysis of the entire play, broken into four sections. You may also wish to participate in further discussion. I invite you to join us! Here is the link:http://blogs.enotes.com/literature-101/

Antigone probably doesn't consider what she says as an insult so much as...

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:28:47 PST

Antigone probably doesn't consider what she says as an insult so much as a declaration of the truth. She tells Creon that she may have defied his proclamation, but she is following a higher law. The ancient Greeks believed that if a person was not given a proper burial with all the funeral rights, the person's soul would be trapped between life and the afterlife (see the links below). If Polyneices' body had been left to rot, his ghost would...

I am unsure of the context for your question, but I take...

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:07:37 PST

I am unsure of the context for your question, but I take "insult" to mean her refusal to obey his decree that she does not bury her brother. Antigone has no love for Creon to begin with, and she has the pride of her father Oedipus. Beyond that, she believes the gods demand that her brother be buried for not to do so insults them as well as him. For her, she is put in a situation to obey the gods and follow her heart and stay...

Antigone's Insults of Creon

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:46:33 PST

We are supposed to analyze Antigone and why she insults insults Creon. What are the consequences for herself and for others?

Anouilh wrote his adaptation of Antigone during the German occuptation...

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:16:44 PST

Anouilh wrote his adaptation of Antigone during the German occuptation of France of WW II. As a Frechman himself, Anouilh did not think too highly of the Germans, and in fact he was forced to edit his script so that it met the approval of Nazi censors, who monitored the arts very closely and ultimately banned theatre during the occupation. Anouilh's play was often performed late at night in underground hideouts. Although a few kind German...

In Antigone by Jean Anuoilh, how relavent it is with what was happening...

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 10:45:30 PST

In Antigone by Jean Anuoilh, how relavent it is with what was happening in France at that time. He staged his play Antigone historicaly and why?