Sophocles Antigone in 2019 GK324 Sophocles

Professor Beck returns to wrap things up. Things end well for our podcast series and for the course. For Creon, not so much.

Antigone offers one last lament before going down to her tomb to die. It’s the last thing we’ll ever hear her say. Also, as she leaves the chorus gives a bizarre ode that has left even the top commentators scratching their heads. It’s like no other choral ode we’ve seen, and some scholars have argued that it’s merely garbled filler. But maybe, just maybe, it’s the most genius ode of the entire play.

Nikhil and Payton get together, again, this time to discuss the aspects of conversation between Haemon and Creon.

Lexie discusses the details and importance of Haemon's attempts to dissuade his father, Kreon, from executing Antigone

In this episode, Katherine analyzes the development of the characters Ismene and Antigone in their second exchange during the play as well as the role of "family" in their conflict.

Mary discusses the significance of gender, family, language, and lament in lines 497-530.