Cruel and Tender, by Martin Crimp, the Trachiniae of 21st century
Abstract
Cruel and Tender is a tragedy written by Martin Crimp that came out in 2004 with the subtitle “After Sophocles’ Trachiniae”. This has not received enough attention on the part of experts in the classical tradition. The present submission tries to help to fill that void. The principal intention of this research is discovering in what respects the British dramatist gets closer to the source and in which not. For this purpose, we will compare the structures, the plots, the chorus and the subject matters of Sophocles’ Trachiniae (5th century BC) and this Martin Crimp’s tragedy. In addition, Sophoclean expressions and similes present in Cruel and Tender have been studied as confirmation of the model behind that work.
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