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She seeks the aid of her sister , Ismene , who lacks the courage for the deed , for Polyneices ' burial has been forbidden upon pain of death . Says Antigone : Nay , be what thou wilt ; but I will bury him : well for me to die in doing ...
She seeks the aid of her sister , Ismene , who lacks the courage for the deed , for Polyneices ' burial has been forbidden upon pain of death . Says Antigone : Nay , be what thou wilt ; but I will bury him : well for me to die in doing ...
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experiences common to all men , or , to “ every man ” : the final reckoning with Death and the mysteries of the hereafter . At the opening of the play , God , discouraged by Mankind's neglect of spiritual for worldly matters ...
experiences common to all men , or , to “ every man ” : the final reckoning with Death and the mysteries of the hereafter . At the opening of the play , God , discouraged by Mankind's neglect of spiritual for worldly matters ...
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One of Sachs's most ingenious plays , of a serious nature , is his brief Death in the Tree , which might be called a sort of abbreviated morality play . The characters are a Hermit , a Bully , a Cynic , and a Coward . a A Hermit chances ...
One of Sachs's most ingenious plays , of a serious nature , is his brief Death in the Tree , which might be called a sort of abbreviated morality play . The characters are a Hermit , a Bully , a Cynic , and a Coward . a A Hermit chances ...
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