Greek Tragedy

Her username- am I right Dick Diver?:D

While I am slightly mad, I'm definately not that old! :) I'm also not named after her, although I do feel sorry for her and admire her. However if you wish to continue refusing to believe me may I remind you that Troy misbelieved her and most of them ended up dead because of it.

Question: Was the fate of the characters in Antigone deserved and how is this play relevent now?

Although i have not read that book, I just finished with Antigone. That play is very intreging, yet such a tragety at the same time. I had to write a paper on it as well on who i thought the tragic hero/heroin was. I went with Antigone over Creon.:)

Why? I would have said Creon suffered the greater tragedy, at least within this play alone. Antigone got what she desired in the end. I suppose her tragedy is that she did not realise what she had. Creon's too, he learned but too late.

Yes he was also a tragic hero too, but she had all of the things that make up a tragic heroin. She was in a posistion of high power, she was hubris, her catharsis, and her demise. It just seemed to fit more for her to be a tragic heroin rather than Creon even though he posessed some of the same traits althought not as strongly

I think overall i.e. in all the plays, Antigone comes out as a tragic hero more because of what she went through because of her father but her holier than thou attituse later really annoys me, it makes me feel less catharsis at the end. True you don't feel that bad for creon either. The people you really pity are their families, though I don't think they count. I think Sophocles intended both to be tragic heros to show how wrong they both were.

Food for thought - if you weren't sure you liked Greek tragedy, try Anouil's (An=wee) Antigone. Its based on Sophocles, but was written during the Nazi occupation of Paris. Put on under their noses. Great read

I'm studying that play next semester, juxtaposed with Sophocles.

We only do greek plays, we don't get to compare. I'll have to read it though, I'm intregued as to how Anouil works the two together, sides I can show off in my essays :p

yeah ill have to check out Anouil and tell my Lit. Professor about it. It sounds interesting..but is it like the same story or does it deal with events in the Nazi invasion?let me know thanks:)

No, Nazi thing is just a factoid. It takes place in Greece, same story, but with a somewhat different take on itl Should impress prof. Anouil gets into nature of traged - "spring is wound up tight" implies nothing can be done. Rage all you want against fate. Right?

Right, alright thanks for the info:)

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OK, I have a question. Did Aeschulys intend for us to identify with Clytemnestra or Agammemnon? When reading I totally identified with Clytemnestra. But in thinking about it, I identified with Agammemnon.

I've only read Aeschylus' Oresteia. Does Oedipus Rex count?

Nessgavin - I think there are very legitimate arguments for both sides, though I think the answer that first jumps to mind is that Aeschylus meant for us to sympathize with Agamemnon. But the presence of Eumenides obviously argues for sympathy for Clytemnestra too.