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The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone Seamus Heaney, Sophocles
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

For starters, the main issue of the play is that the king of Thebes, Creon, doesn't want anyone to honour his son Polynices by burying him because he died a traitor attacking his own city. Explain the nature of Antigone's conflict and how she should resolve – if she can. Apr 26, 2013 - Similar to the classic Greek text, “The Burial of Thebes” is an adaptation of Sophocles' “Antigone,” which focuses on the conflict between individual rights and claims of the state. Creon denied Polynices a proper burial and in order to maintain his credibility he had to uphold the law even when the unanticipated occurrence that Antigone defied him arose. Mar 6, 2013 - Even when Ismene states burying Polyneices was “made a crime for all in Thebes” and that they “should not fight with men,” Antigone remains loyal to her brother and repeats “I won't be caught betraying him (Polyneices). The book is not In making parallels between the politics of burial in Athens and in Sophocles' Thebes, Honig does not take into account the oblique uses made of Thebes as a setting in tragedy, as a counter-Athens or Athens-through-a-distorting-mirror. Please limit yourself to 200-300 words and submit your comments no later than 24 hours before class begins on T3. Feb 24, 2014 - Bonnie Honig's Antigone Interrupted shows how central Sophocles' play is to recent and current philosophical, political, cultural, psychoanalytical, and gender theory debates in Europe and the USA. Jan 9, 2013 - Occasional Writing for T3 – Sophocles, Antigone. The play is difficult to translate into the modern day. The entire Theban Plays collection is amazing, though. May 10, 2012 - Book 143: Antigone by Sophocles. May 1, 2014 - Antigone: The Burial at Thebes (Furies) runs from April 30 – May 4 at the Tap Gallery. By Sophocles, translated by Seamus Heaney, directed by Chris McKay. Antigone, now 'Anne', is consumed by a desire to bury her disgraced brother, Polynices – now 'Pol'. Rock on If you're interested, do check out Seamus Heaney's version of Antigone, "The Burial at Thebes". Mar 26, 2013 - The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone Seamus Heaney, Sophocles Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Feb 14, 2013 - This version moves Sophocles' Antigone from Ancient Greece to the 2011 London riots. Jul 14, 2013 - Antigone, on which The Burial At Thebes is based, is a play about how states infringe on personal liberties in order to ensure that law and order is maintained.