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c23:
Just wondering, for those who are planning to do one or both of these as their texts for the exam at the end of the year

we can bounce off interpretations in this thread.

these are my major interpretations of these two texts:

Frankenstein : Mary Shelley is trying to urge her readers about the importance of companionship

Antigone: Sophocles uses the character, Antigone to convey where true duty lies. Whether it may be with the divine laws of heaven or the laws of man.

iamdan08:
Antigone's duty lies with the laws of heaven as she appeals to divine law in order to justify her defiance against Creon and the state. In many scenes Antigone draws on words of authority from religion, sincerely believing that she is obeying the "unalterable laws of the Gods", and that these laws overpower Creon's mortal edicts.

c23:
nice, you did lit last year and still remember? man pro!

may i ask how hard is it to get a 30 study score in lit? as people at my school say it's really hard but it's only a 30.. as in an avg. can't be that much of a difficult task

wombifat:
To an extent, Antigone and Creon are both "right." Antigone is doing what she has to do to fulfil her role as a sister, and to please the gods, and Creon is doing what he has to do to keep peace in the kingdom. I know that doesn't sound very sophisticated but you get the idea.

c23:
would you say then that Ismene isn't fulfillinh her role as a sister as at the beginning she refuses to take part of Antigone's yearn to provide a proper bruial for her brother, polynices?

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