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What the Greek tragedy Antigone can teach us about the dangers of extremism

  • Written by Elizabeth A. Bobrick, Visiting Scholar in Classical Studies, Wesleyan University
What the Greek tragedy Antigone can teach us about the dangers of extremismA scene from playwright Roy Williams' modern adaptation of Antigone for the Pilot Theatre.Flickr/Robert Day photo, CC BY-SA

In a Greek tragedy written in the middle of the fifth century B.C., three teenagers struggle with a question that could be asked now: What happens when a ruler declares that those who resist his dictates are enemies of the...

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