Antigone

Of Greek tragedies, I am not a fan. Oedipus was unavoidable. It was a required reading for Humanities back in college. The story not only broke my heart. The plot torn it to pieces. Now that I am at leisure to choose the kind of books I read, the choice of reading Antigone was prompted when I saw a Dover Edition sold at Booksale, in mint condition, for just a measly Php10.
Looking back now, I would have enjoyed humanities much better if I took it on a regular semester instead during the summer term. In barely two months, we finished 'The Little Prince', "Heart of Darkness" and scores of short stories and poems by Robert Frost,Guy de Maupassant and Anton Chekhov to name a few (that I can remember). Imagine how much work we could have accomplished in a longer school term.
I count myself fortunate to have taken the course under Mr. P. He is a master on the subject. I especially like his penchant for using at least three synonyms for a particular word in a single sentence.
Seized by the inspiration, I surfed and came across an Anton Chekhov mine field on line. Check this out : http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/ac/jr/index.htm