I love you. Very much. I hope you know that. The fact that you respond to my writings about Greek tragedy with Shakespearean comparisons is just one of many reasons why, Dearest! *grin*
Creon seems to have a thing about not letting bodies be buried. In Antigone, as I am sure you know, the ostensible reason that the title character risks her life is because Creon has ordered that the body of her brother, Polynices -- slain in battle by her other brother, Eteocles -- is not to be buried... and she goes to do it anyway.
Of course, the real reason that she dies is that she is emo and wants to die. But that's besides the point, which is just that Creon has a think about unburied bodies.
The three queens[*] beg Theseus and Hippolita for help, huh? Any cameo appearances from Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, or Helena? How about Bottom?
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Date: 2010-03-26 02:19 pm (UTC)Creon seems to have a thing about not letting bodies be buried. In Antigone, as I am sure you know, the ostensible reason that the title character risks her life is because Creon has ordered that the body of her brother, Polynices -- slain in battle by her other brother, Eteocles -- is not to be buried... and she goes to do it anyway.
Of course, the real reason that she dies is that she is emo and wants to die. But that's besides the point, which is just that Creon has a think about unburied bodies.
The three queens[*] beg Theseus and Hippolita for help, huh? Any cameo appearances from Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, or Helena? How about Bottom?
[*] Those three queens of ancient Greece are...