You Got Me Hooked To The Paul Woodruff Translation Now

you got me hooked to the paul woodruff translation now

oh my GOD i'm so glad! i loved the paul woodruff translation of Antigone and would love to know what you think! I thought it was so interesting how he was saying that some scholars believe that Sophocles is inconsistent and bad at characterization because his characters often say one thing and do the other, because I totally disagree with those scholars! Sophocles is so good at writing characters (such as Antigone herself) who are so compelling because they aren't always consistent- instead they are complicated people who have multiple conflicting motivations. Haemon is such an interesting example of this in particular- I love how in the Woodruff translation he's initially very cool and laid back about Antigone being put to death but as the play goes on it's slowly revealed how much he cares about her. Audiences/ readers love being pleasantly surprised and I think that Sophocles' characters are always pleasantly surprising us!

Universities should have swing sets

on tragic heroes and the people who'd follow them anywhere.

tumblr textpost// Anne Carson, An Oresteia// Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles// Victor Hugo, Les Miserables// William Shakespeare, Hamlet// Anne Carson, An Oresteia

“kill them with kindness” Wrong. CURSE OF RA 𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀮 𓀯 𓀰 𓀱 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀹 𓀺 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁 𓁂 𓁃 𓁄 𓁅 𓁆 𓁇 𓁈 𓁉 𓁊 𓁋 𓁌 𓁍 𓁎 𓁏 𓁐 𓁑 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆

I'm so anxious right now. I wonder what would happen if I drank some caffeine

{Words by L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea/ Jacqueline Woodson, If You Come Softly}