January 16 Class Notes

• Antigone

The Five Most Important Conflicts:

1. Men and Women
-where drama originates
- assign. transcribe last conversation with significant other
2. Age and Youth
- Antigone has the conflict of the old guy and young woman
- Youth and Age always conflict
- assign. Argue with older person
3. Individual and the State
- Each has their own claims
4. Living and the Dead
- Not as huge now due to the funeral company
- What do we owe the dead? What claims do they have on the living? etc.
- Rights of the dead vs. Rights of the living
5. Gods and Humans

• Steiner is careful with lnaguage and one must take notice of his words especially in Antigones
• We use the words Shakespeare made up, and his words challenges us just like Steiner.

History

• All of our past is our future
• Keep in mind that we arrive to scenes belatedly, and as such must learn from those who came and thought before us
• We value something that is here before us
• It is not old irrelevant or boring it is new exciting and more relevant to you than you had previously perceived

For Wednesday:

• Transcribe a conversation with significant other
• Fight with an old person
• get Bozeman Chronicle (Primary example of NOT Steiner)
• Watch Aladdin :)