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Please write 150 words comparing a specific “masterly saying” (Gambaro, 147, 149) or scene from Sophocles’ Antigone as it re-appears in Gambaro’s play. You must cite the sentence, or saying, and make a specific argument about what the impact of the “translation” (or “carrying across”) of Sophocles’ lines into the context of the Argentine play has on our understanding of what Gambaro’s play is about.
Please note that you must include your quotes at the beginning and that they do not count as part of the word limit.
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Please write a post on what some scholars have called the two endings of the play: the first before the entrance of Herakles as the deus ex machina, when Philoctetes’ suffering appears to convince Neoptolemus to accompany him (Philoctetes) home, and the second, when Herakles somewhat miraculously appears and convinces Philoctetes and Neoptolemos to go to Troy to defeat the Trojans.
What works to bring about a resolution in the play? Is it suffering (and thus human compassion; Neoptolemus feels sorry for Philoctetes) or amnesia (Philoctetes has to forget how much he resents the Greeks) or simply the unexpected miracle of a god who can order the humans around (only a miracle can work…)? You must use at least 2 quotes from the play in your post!
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