Reading+Notes

Brett Strawn

Pages 196-217 11-5-11:

Creon's armies ships reached the harbor safely. (196) "Yet money talks." (Creon 198) Creon has had rage slowly rising but had not let it out yet. (200) The gods all favor a certain corpse. (201) Sentry sold his sole for silver. (203) A man can never be over assured about anything that goes on (205) "I do deny nothing." (Antigone 208) Antigone hangs onto Creons opinions. (213) "Do you really intend to steal this girl from your son?" "No; death will do that for me." (Choragos and Creon 214) "The straying dreams of men may bring them ghosts of joy:" (Chorus 216)

The bible:

Some important literary devices i noticed in the reading was imagery. The imagery that i noticed was the garden of eden because the story described the garden to be beautiful with all different types of trees. An important textual observation was how God created everything and everything is in his hands.

Reading response:

12-8-11 Connections:

Campbell reminds me of Antigone because he always has something meaningful to say to Moyers while he explains greek myths. For an example when he defines the word "god", personally i thought it was spot on and explained the word so you could understand it. This reading also brings up one of the ten commandments in the bible, thou shall not kill. But Campbell explains how it says to kill in a passage in the bible. Personally i thought this was a smart interpretation.