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Sunday, September 28, 2008
ANTIGONE...part 2...
OMG how many times can 3 different people die. My goodness the first book 2 people die then in the third book 3 people die. Another thing that I noticed that was the same both of them is that the kings end up banishing themselves after fulfilling the prophecy. It kind of gets annoying. This book was very dramatic compared to Oedipus the King. Even though Oedipus jabbed his own eyes out then banishes himself. Also, I noticed that Antigone kills herself the same way Jocasta kills herself, I thought that was interesting. One more thing that I had noticed was that some one always ended up telling the Chorus that the people were dead and the Kings ended up seeing people that they love die right on front of their eyes, to me I think I would want to do what they did. That is all I have to say about Antigone today.
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Yea, I was frustrated with Creon too, but also with Antigone. It was like she was forcing this on herself for some kind of skewed, self-righteous glory. Why does everyone in these sort of tragedies have to kill themselves to make a point? Is it because we believe there is no fate worse than death?
Oh, and did you mean that, when you die, you'd want to die in front of the people you love?
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