| The clash of irrationalities in Sophocles' Antigone. | |
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PMID: 19507449 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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A study of the Greek text of Sophocles' Antigone provides a deeper understanding of the identities and psychodynamic interaction between the play's two main characters. Creon's particular diction, imagery, and even syntax constitute a subtext reflecting his rigidly hierarchical attitude and paranoid fear that defensively overlie his castration anxiety, his persecutory conception of women, and his own body image. His mental collapse is precipitated by the insightful and lexically powerful ad hominem expressions featured in Tiresias's admonitions. Textual analysis also sheds light on the nature of Antigone's incestuous desires for intimacy and clarifies their archaic origins. As death becomes more imminent, Antigone's complex, evolving reaction includes a verbally marked spatial disorientation. |
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Authors:
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Patrick J Mahony |
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Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Psychoanalytic quarterly Volume: 78 ISSN: 0033-2828 ISO Abbreviation: Psychoanal Q Publication Date: 2009 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-06-10 Completed Date: 2009-06-18 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0226661 Medline TA: Psychoanal Q Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 469-89 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Canadian Psychoanalytic Society. mahony@videotron.ca |
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Anxiety, Castration
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psychology Body Image Drama* / history Female Freudian Theory Greece History, Ancient Humans Incest / psychology Linguistics Male Oedipus Complex Psychoanalytic Interpretation* Translating |
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Personal Name Subject:
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Sophocles |
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