Original Play Based on Classical Literature

Vardaman: (Tearfully) My momma needs air. It ainÆt right she ainÆt got no air in her casket.

Antigone: (Noticing the weeping Vardaman) Your mother is fine. She does not need air. She at least has a proper burial.

Vardaman: No, this ainÆt no justice. SheÆs æbout to suffocate. Once I wuz locked up in da crib with a rat who breathed all the air because there werenÆt no holes.

Antigone: You have justice. It is I who was denied justice by Creon, who wouldnÆt bury my brother properly.

Oedipus: You both have justice. I am the victim of injustice. Vardaman, your mother can breathe. Antigone, you buried your brother properly. You who can see have justice. I am blind and have done injustice and been victim to it.

Chorus: Oh Vardaman, Antigone, and OedipusàCan you all not see what justice is? Justice is hope. You must find hope to find justice.

Oedipus: I am blind and exiled. There is no hope.

Vardaman: My mother ainÆt got hope without holes.

Antigone: Creon does not know justice, so Thebes goes without hope.

Chorus: No individual or society is without hope,

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Approximate Word count = 797
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)

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