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Antigone;;Sophocles;;HELP please...
Okay so i've read the play Antigone serveral times. i have an assignment on it. Im not asking for you to do it, i just need help. i cant really understand these quotes. 1. For zeus utterly abhors the boast of a proud toungue. 2. One World approved thy wisdom; another mine. 3. Woe is me, for the wretched blindness of my counsels. im supposed to write and essay on camparing how one of these quotes relates to the theme of the play... but i dont really get the meaning of any of the quotes. Help would be reaaaallly nice right now. :]
Posted By M(r)s.Ouch! at Thu 9 Jul 2009, 2:04 PM in Antigone || 2 Replies
Antigone
I was recently reading antigone at school, and my teacher got mad at me. I simply stated that the author himseld was infact a politician, and would therefore hide fear of ruling underneath too much pride. It got intresting when I too told the teacher that when a new king is ruling, it would make more sense that they would be afraid of whats going on, and of any resistance of the government, for that would appear to make the king look weak to surrounding kings and make them think that they could take over. Am I wrong to think this? Or am I just thinking about it too hard?
Posted By aprildutcher at Fri 30 Mar 2007, 1:38 PM in Antigone || 1 Reply