In Antigone 700-737, Lexie discusses Haemon’s attempts to dissuade his father, Kreon, from punishing Antigone for burying her brother’s corpse.

Katherine analyzes the development of the characters Ismene and Antigone in Antigone 531-58. Spoiler alert: “family” plays a big role in their disagreements.

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

Payton and Nikhil discuss Antigone 414-47, thinking about what isolation means to some of the main characters in the play.

Albion looks at the return of the guard in Antigone 384-414, his new and confident attitude, and how this seemingly minor character contrasts with the main characters in a big way.

Joseph talks about the second half of the Ode to Man, lines 354-383. He looks at the meter of the strophe and antistrophe to show Sophocles’ theme of duality in both the ode and the play as a whole.

Brendan begins a two-episode dive into the second choral song in the Antigone, the “Ode to Man,” with a deep discussion of verses 322-52. What does the word deinos mean? Awesome? Terrible? Amazing? All of the above? And how does that shape our understanding of the play? Performances Referenced: Antigone by Sophocles translated by Robert […]

Along with guest Evan Cleary, a business student, Lyle discusses the nature of Creon’s leadership in Antigone 304-331. He and Evan look at some modern interpretations of Antigone.

Laura breaks down Creon’s response to the news that the body of Polynices was buried (Antigone 280-303), discussing both the details of the Greek in this passage and the complexity of Creon’s character and motivations.

Focusing on Antigone 215-42, Cassandra Winkley and Rachel Prichett discuss the messenger trope in Greek tragedy. They see the Guard in Antigone as a pseudo-, sort-of messenger.