ANTIGONE by Sophocles (c. 496-406 B.C.) translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald ANTIGONE by Sophocles Characters Antigone‚ daughter of Oedipus Ismene‚ daughter of Oedipus Eurydice‚ wife of Creon Creon‚ King of Thebes Haimon‚ son of Creon Teiresias‚ A blind seer Sentry Messenger Priest (Choragos) Chorus Scene: Before the palace of Creon‚ King of Thebes. A central double door‚ and two lateral doors. A platform extends the length of the façade‚ and from this platform
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chosen each play based on how social issues affect the individual‚ thus providing human insight on these very issues which often become abstracted when portrayed simply as news. For our inaugural season‚ we have selected four plays inspired by previous works. Production Selections Another Antigone‚ by the playwright A. R. Gurney and licensed by Dramatists Play Services‚ tells the story of Henry Harper‚ a university professor‚ and Judy Miller‚ his student who wishes to rewrite the classical play Antigone
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Press‚ 1989. This book explains how the Minoans helped influence Ancient Greek mythology in many ways. Most people believe that the Ancient Greece used the Minoans and their culture to help shape there society. This relates to Antigone because the government scare people that if they try to overcome the government they will not get a proper burial. This book helps with my paper because I want to research how far back does mythology goes and how it is common with antigone. I also want to see
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The bestselling children’s book The Graveyard Book was published in 2008 and is still being enjoyed by book lovers of all ages. The book is about a toddler who escapes the presence of a killer and finds refuge in a nearby graveyard. He is raised by many different characters and personalities both living and dead in the graveyard. Unfortunately‚ another topic is creating a buzz about this novel other than its’ awards. The Graveyard Book is being called out because of its many similarities of the much
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COMPARISON AND CONTRAST ESSAY THE BOOK AND THE MOVIE Two weeks ago I finished reading the book “The Firm” by John Grisham. It was really interesting for me to read this story because of the unpredictable plot and the bright characters. At that moment I thought that the book had a really fantastic ending. But when I saw the film about “The Firm”‚ I was surprised that the book and the movie could be so different. I was amazed with the last episodes of the movie because
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Contrast between the Movie and Book Version of “Animal Farm” I always think the book is better than the movie‚ and Animal Farm is no exception. One reason is that I form pictures in my mind as I read‚ and I imagine what each of the characters must look like and where they live as they live out their stories. That’s especially true in a novel in which the primary characters are animals. Seeing it come to life in a cartoonish movie was rather difficult‚ though I did enjoy several characterizations
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The Book vs. the Movie The book‚ The House of the Spirits‚ by Isabel Allende is a fictional novel set in Chile in the 1930s through 1970s. The movie‚ “The House of the Spirits” was made in the 1990s from the book Allende wrote. Although the movie is similar to the book‚ many of the characters and event are different. Also‚ many of the important events that are in the book fail to exist in the movie. The beginning of the book and movie‚ it opened with Rosa. But‚ in the book‚ Rosa is a beautiful
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Jessica Milan ENG 103 Compare and Contrast The Social Network Compare and Contrast Everyone has that friend where they are really close yet they are completely different people‚ kind of like oil and water. They can have similarities but even they’re similarities are a little different. That is the relationship between Mark Zuckerburg and Eduardo Saverin‚ Founder and Co Founder of Facebook‚ and bestfriends. Mark and Eduardo have many differences but they also have similarities. They are similar
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internet everyday who have a very different view. Those who think that the internet is a blessing often refer to the world of information it contains and how you can gain access so much easier than when you had to trudge through stacks of library books before. There are approximately 114‚000‚000 websites on the internet and Google has indexed 0.0048% of the internet. That gives the idea of how large the internet is and how much information it contains. The information is very good to research and
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Troy. The movie and the myth were both based on the Trojan War. They were both very interesting‚ and captivating. It was stimulating to see it in 2 different points of views. Both the movie and the myth of Troy were great. They had similarities‚ but there were also some very strong differences. In Edith Hamilton’s Synopsis of the Trojan War‚ it focused on many of the gods of Olympus. For example‚ in the synopsis‚ conversations between the gods happen from time to time‚ while in the movie they don’t
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