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Paired Texts > The themes in <em>Antigone</em> are revisited in this modern adaptation

by Vincent Harris 2019

We've identified these texts as great options for text pairings based on similar themes, literary devices, topic, or writing style. Supplement your lesson with one or more of these options and challenge students to compare and contrast the texts. To assign a paired text, click on the text to go to its page and click the "Assign Text" button there.

Ode on a Grecian Urn
Ode on a Grecian Urn
John Keats

In the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn," Keats describes elaborate images on a vase.

Pair “Ode on a Grecian Urn” with “The themes in Antigone are revisited in this modern adaptation” and ask students to discuss the central ideas in each text. What does the speaker in “Ode on a Grecian Urn” suggest about art? In what ways does this reflect the central idea in “The themes in Antigone are revisited in this modern adaptation?” According to each text, why can art remain relevant long after it was first created?

10th Grade Poem
Teaching Shakespeare in a Maximum Security Prison
Teaching Shakespeare in a Maximum Security Prison
Michel Martin

In "Teaching Shakespeare in a Maximum Security Prison," Professor Laura Bates discusses teaching Shakespeare in a maximum security prison.

Pair “Teaching Shakespeare in a Maximum Security Prison” with “The themes in Antigone are revisited in this modern adaptation” and ask students to discuss what both texts convey about theater. In “Teaching Shakespeare in a Maximum Security Prison,” why did the prison educator start with Macbeth? How were her students able to relate to the play? How did reading Shakespeare help prisoners? In “The themes in Antigone are revisited in this modern adaptation,” the director says that the struggles and conflicts at the center of Antigone are still impactful today. How does “Teaching Shakespeare in a Maximum Security Prison” demonstrate that the same is true for the works of Shakespeare? How do both texts build on the idea that many of the themes and ideas in plays are universal?

11th Grade Interview 1190L
Excerpt from "Civil Disobedience"
Excerpt from "Civil Disobedience"
Henry David Thoreau

In "Excerpt from 'Civil Disobedience'" Thoreau meditates upon the necessity of willfully disobeying unjust laws, no matter the personal consequences.

Pair “Excerpt from ‘Civil Disobedience’” with “The themes in Antigone are revisited in this modern adaptation” and ask students to discuss how the ideas in each text support one another. In “Excerpt from ‘Civil Disobedience,’” what is civil disobedience? According to Thoreau, why is it necessary for individuals to engage in civil disobedience? According to “The themes in Antigone are revisited in this modern adaptation,” Antigone’s traditions and family are in conflict with the state. How does this relate to the main ideas in “Excerpt from ‘Civil Disobedience?’” In what ways are Antigone’s actions, as outlined in “The themes in Antigone are revisited in this modern adaptation,” supported by Thoreau’s text? How do both texts demonstrate the endurance of civil disobedience as a practice?

11th Grade Essay 1100L