Monday, September 03, 2007
Overkill with Eurydice & More
I’m with you Mary, I see the Chorus as nothing more than an unnecessary, annoying break in the action (after awhile, I just skipped over the Chorus parts). It’s my opinion that the Chorus doesn’t tell you anything you don’t already know, and as such, is entirely useless. And I agree with you Adam, all of that kingly power has definitely gone to Creon’s head. He’s acting as stubborn and as irrational as his incestuous predecessor. By the way, did anyone think that adding Eurydice to the play was (dare I say) “overkill”? I mean she enters in the last scene of the play only to hear what’s happened to Antigone and Haimon before immediately proceeding to kill herself. I think two suicides would have been plenty for one play, but apparently Sophocles found some value in adding a third (I certainly didn’t). Perhaps this third suicide was meant to hit a little closer to home for King Creon? One could make the argument, but surely the suicides of his daughter-in-law and son were heart-wrenching enough. Lastly, I was disappointed to again see Sophocles using third person narration for crucial, vital moments. Having a sentry tell us of the three suicides just didn’t do it for me. There’s no suspense or drama when I’m only told of three suicides instead of shown them. The way I see it, it’s already happened and I’ve missed all the action. Where’s the suspense in that?
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A Little to Late
Creon’s fault does not lie in the fact that he was firm or made a law that he expected everyone to follow or was adamant about justice, it’s that he went too far with his authority; he overstepped his bounds as king. He expected everyone to obey his law (and rightly so, he is king), the problem came when he presumed to put his law above the law of the gods. In his pride he thought that, as king, he was supreme and what he thought was what the gods think as well. And, of course, since he is king he must know more then anyone else and therefore cannot allow himself to listen to any reason aside from his own. This is his hubris, and, obviously, it leads to his ruin. And yet I still like him, because in the end he does overcome himself and wake to his senses. In the end he realizes that he is wrong and he puts aside his stubborn pride and immediately he does everything in his power to right his wrong. Even though his repentance came to late to save him from his fate, it did come.
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