“This consideration takes us very close to what it is that makes Greek tragedy “tragic.” A play about an unambiguously heroic young… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
“Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater. That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes, Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird, When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone." - Sentry” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Miss Havisham is an important feminine literary figure in the tradition of Antigone (though it's significant that Antigone is fighting to bury… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
“May the dead forgive me, I can do no other But as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a girl: Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor!… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
What does it mean to be a used white wife, a mother, a tragic girl writing poems? Sandra Simonds gets into these… — Juliana Spahr Copy Share Image
“Hail the sun! the brightest of all that ever Dawned on the City of Seven Gates, City of Thebes! Hail the golden… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The problem with Antigone is that she stood up to the despot Creon, but in such a way that she ended up… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“I owe more to the dead, with whom I will spend a much longer time, than I will ever owe to the… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The Greeks had considered hope the final evil in Pandora's box. They also gave us an image of perfect nobility: a human… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
“Why, he was so handsome and brave that no one would ever have suspected that he was bookish!” — Gerald Morris Copy Share Image
“I am determined that never, if I can help it, Shall evil triumph over good." - Creon” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“May the dead forgive me, I can do no other But as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene,… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“There is no more deadly peril than disobedience; States are devoured by it, homes laid in ruins, Armies defeated, victory turned to… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
I am not a playwright. A playwright would take "Antigone" and hit it a few clouts and knock it out of shape… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
