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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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So said a fireman after the nine miners were rescued from premature burial (July 29). In this compilation of macabre incidents taking place between the 18th and 20th centuries, Bondeson contends that premature burial was a common occurrence before there were scientific methods for confirming death. Stone's installation conjured nightmares of premature burial, or, alternately, visions of pod people being hatched (the rubber hoses suggested a high-tech umbilical cord). |
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