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SOPHOCLES - GEBRAUCHT ANTIGONE (METHUEN STUDENT...

The gods never move faster than when punishing men with the consequences of their own actions.
Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war  Creon refuses to bury the body of
Antigone's rebellious brother. Outraged  she defies his edict. Creon condemns the young woman 
his niece  to be buried alive. The people daren't object but the prophet Teiresias warns that
this tyranny will anger the gods: the rotting corpse is polluting the city. Creon hesitates and
his fate is sealed.   Sophocles' great tragic play dramatises the clash between the family and
the city and  with high poetry and deep tragedy  presents an irreconcilable but equally
balanced conflict. Sophoclean heroine Antigone has become a cultural archetype  the symbol of
personal integrity and an icon of political freedom  whilst her coprotagonist Creon can be
interpreted as either a civic saviour or a ruthless tyrant.   This translation by Don Taylor 
accurate yet poetic  was made for a BBC TV production of the Theban Plays in 1986  which he
directed.

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