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Antigone2
Title: Antigone2
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1005 | Pages: 4.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Antigone2
The Missing Dialogue in Antigone
After reading Antigone, one might feel that there is lacking a dialogue between Antigone and Haimon before their deaths. Sophocles does not include any direct communication between the two lovers during this drama. The reader might assume that such a conversation could have taken place but was not included by Sophocles; however, it is my belief that if a conversation occurred between Antigone and Haimon prior to their deaths, Sophocles …showed first 75 words of 1005 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1005 total…from the political issues that Sophocles is presenting. The question is not one of love and whether or not the decisions Antigone and Haimon make are in accordance with their love for one another, it is one of whose laws should overpower the others; those of the mortal rulers or those of the gods. By not including a dialogue between Antigone and Haimon, Sophocles is able to present his political issues in a clear manner.
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