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This article discusses how Sophocles' play Antigone explores issues of class and social status through the treatment of Polyneices' body and his denied burial. While Creon refuses Polyneices a proper burial due to his treason, Antigone defies Creon and insists on burying her brother according to religious rites. The article analyzes how the conflict represents tensions between the aristocracy and common people in ancient Athens regarding funeral rites and social standing.
This article discusses how Sophocles' play Antigone explores issues of class and social status through the treatment of Polyneices' body and his denied burial. While Creon refuses Polyneices a proper burial due to his treason, Antigone defies Creon and insists on burying her brother according to religious rites. The article analyzes how the conflict represents tensions between the aristocracy and common people in ancient Athens regarding funeral rites and social standing.
This article discusses how Sophocles' play Antigone explores issues of class and social status through the treatment of Polyneices' body and his denied burial. While Creon refuses Polyneices a proper burial due to his treason, Antigone defies Creon and insists on burying her brother according to religious rites. The article analyzes how the conflict represents tensions between the aristocracy and common people in ancient Athens regarding funeral rites and social standing.
Honor Dishonorable: Shameful Shame Author(s) : JOHN HOLLANDER Source: Social Research, Vol. 70, No. 4, Shame (Winter 2003), Pp. 1061-1074 Published By: The New School Accessed: 26-06-2016 01:49 UTC