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Burial Alive |
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Burial Alive Antigone condemned to be buried alive, she thwarts Creon’s order by killing herself. [Gk. Lit.: Antigone] walled up in a catacomb by the man he had wronged. [Am. Lit.: Poe “The Cask of Amontillado”] found alive in her tomb by her rejected suitor. [Am. Lit.: Poe “The Premature Burial”] entombed, by custom, upon his wife’s death, he manages to escape. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights; Magill II, 50] breaks out of vault in which she had been buried alive. [Am. Lit.: Poe “Fall of the House of Usher”] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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