Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Antigone

Antigone is a screwed up play, I can say that for certain. But its a very good play as well it's about this one guy who kills his own brother in a war, but dies in the process. So since one was to be named king they're uncle is named king and Eteocle (one of the brothers)is given a proper funeral and so on when the other was left out to be eater by vulture and other animals who eat carrion. So here is when Antigone comes in and sh knows its illegal to bury this guy or mourn for him since he fought for the other army but she still buries him. So when she was caught she was basically abused, they take and bring in her sister Ismene who didn't do anything and and later kill her for being an accomplice to Antigone. At that time Antigone was locked up in a tomb where she was supposed to learn to fear death, but instead Hangs herself. But before he came back to the tomb to let her out he was convinced to let her out by the blind prophet which I can't remember her name. So this act of killing herself sends Creon the abusive, power hungery king into a fight with his son Haemon which ends up dying, so now mourning for his son and his wifes death (and i believe antigone was his niece too)and then he gets news that his wife killed herself after she found out her son was killed. So see? I said it was screwed up.

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