In this outstanding new translation, commissioned by Ireland's renowned Abbey Theatre to commemorate its centenary, Seamus Heaney exposes the darkness and the humanity in Sophocles' masterpiece, and inks it with his own modern and masterly touch. The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone by Seamus Heaney 2,369 ratings, 3. While Creon eventually agrees to Antigone's release, it is too late: She takes her own life, initiating a tragic repetition of events in her family's history. In the wake of a domestic terror attack, Creon becomes king. The burial at Thebes a version of Sophocles' Antigone 1st American ed. Clemson University (Clemson, State of South Carolina, United States) The Burial at Thebes (2006) 2006. Enraged, Creon condemns her to death, and his soldiers wall her up in a tomb. The burial at Thebes : a version of Sophocles' Antigone by Heaney, Seamus, 1939- Sophocles. When Creon, king of Thebes, grants burial of one but not the "treacherous" other, Antigone defies his order, believing it her duty to bury all of her close kin. 25, 2016 A few things feel off in The Burial at Thebes. During the War of the Seven Against Thebes, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, learns that her brothers have killed each other, having been forced onto opposing sides of the battle. 'The Burial at Thebes' is a timely, and timeless, exploration of the tension between individual human rights and the security of the state. Urn:oclc:875911586 Scandate 20110421203321 Scanner ' play, first staged in the fifth century B.C., stands as a timely exploration of the conflict between those who affirm the individual's human rights and those who must protect the state's security. Eteocles is given a warriors burial and the body of Polyneices has been left outside without ritual cleansing and burial to rot.
OL15835102W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 71.88 Pages 98 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0571224083 Urn:lcp:burialatthebesve00hean:epub:4023cec5-25fd-49c0-9827-38f749eb956c Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier burialatthebesve00hean Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t77s8js56 Isbn 0374117217ĩ780374117214 Lccn 2004043986 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary_edition Casting 'The Burial at Thebes,' a version of Sophocles, 'Antigone,' adapted by Irish Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney, based on the fifth century, B.C. Commissioned to mark the centenary of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2004, 'The Burial at Thebes' is Seamus Heaneys verse translation of Sophocles great tragedy, 'Antigone' - whose eponymous heroine is one of the most sharply individualized and compelling figures in western drama. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:18:34 Bookplateleaf 0007 Boxid IA132801 Boxid_2 BWB220141208 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Curatenote shipped Donorīelvederetiburonlibrary Edition 1.
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