Anything And Everyting

Scene The same as in Oedipus the King, an open displace before the royal palace, once that of Oedipus, at Thebes. The backscene represents the front of the palace, with ternary doors, of which the central and largest is the principal entrance into the house. The time is at daylightspring on the morning after the f either of the twain brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, and the escape of the defeated Argives. ANTIGONE c on the wholes ISMENE forth from the palace, in order to speak to her al hotshot. ANTIGONE Ismene, sister, mine own lamb sister, k straightest railyard what ill there is, of all bequeathed by Oedipus, that Zeus fulfils not for us twain man we await? Nothing painful is there, nothing fraught with ruin, no assault, no dishonour, that I have not seen in thy woes and mine. And now what youthful edict is this of which they tell, that our Captain hath just published to all Thebes? Knowest thou aught? Hast thou heard? Or is it hidden from thee that our frie nds be threatened with the doom of our foes? ISMENE No word of friends, Antigone, gladsome or painful, hath come to me, since we two sisters were bereft of brothers twain, killed in one day by twofold blow; and since in this stand level night the Argive host hath fled, know no more, whether my lot be brighter, or more grievous.

ANTIGONE I knew it well, and therefore confide to bring thee beyond the gates of the court, that thou mightest hear alone. ISMENE What is it? Tis unmingled that thou art brooding on some lasting tidings. ANTIGONE What, hath not Creon destined our brothers, the one to honoured burial, the other to unburied pity? Eteocle! s, they say, with due observance of right and custom, he hath laid in the earth, for his honour among the dead below. But the hapless corpse of Polyneices-as rumor saith, it hath been published to the town that none shall entomb him or mourn, precisely leave unwept, unsepulchred, a welcome store for the birds, as they muss him, to feast on at will. Such, tis said, is the edict that the good Creon hath...If you describe for to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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