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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ISBN: 9780374530075
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Dec 27, 2011 - I have been reading Sophocles' Theban Plays, a loosely connected trilogy which reworks the myth of Oedipus, the mythical king of Thebes who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother, and whose family is fated to be doomed for three generations. It was the third in his series of Theban plays. In the poet's 2004 edition of the text, Heaney wrote that he drew parallels between Creon's patriotism and the rabid anti-terrorism that surrounded the post-9/11 Bush administration. Apr 17, 2014 - The conflict of the play revolves around Antigone's denial of Creon's edict to ignore the proper rights burial of her brother, who died fighting against Thebes. Oct 18, 2007 - Next production from the Richmond Shakespeare Society is The Burial at Thebes, Seamus Heaney's 21st century translation of Sophocles' Antigone. Feb 14, 2014 - Sophocles' Antigone was one of my early touchstones. Antigone's determination to fulfill her familial duty to bury her brother, killed in war, puts her at odds with Creon, the ruler of Thebes. Jan 2, 2012 - Sophocles' Antigone. The brothers Creon ordered that Eteocles be given a proper burial, while the body of Polyneices should be left in the field. Antigone and Polyneices, 1865, Nikiforos Lytras (1832-1904) 2. The entire Theban Plays collection is amazing, though. May 10, 2012 - Book 143: Antigone by Sophocles. Rock on If you're interested, do check out Seamus Heaney's version of Antigone, "The Burial at Thebes". Sophocles (496-406 B.C.) wrote Antigone no later than 442 B.C. I admired the devastating symmetry at the play's core: the way a body left unburied on the dusty Theban plain was counterbalanced with Antigone's live burial. I also came A furious Creon condemns Antigone to be buried alive, letting the gods dispose of her as they will. Heaney chose to enhance the political message of Sophocles' original version of Antigone in his translation. To the In Brecht's version, Creon has launched a Theban blitzkrieg against neighbouring Argos.





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