SOPHOCLES' ANTIGONE AND MARULIC'S JUDITH REBORN IN MILA GOJSALIĆ
Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! In this post, I'll review a known classic, Antigone, a play by Sophocles. I'll also reflect on Judith, a heroic female character from the Book of Judith and a Croatian Renaissance epic poem Judita that Judith help inspire. 22nd of April is the Day of Croatian Book, and it is celebrated a day before the World Book Day. As I'm sure you know, World Book Day is celebrated on 23rd of April. World Book Day was first celebrated in Spain on the date of Miguel Cervantes birth, and then moved to the date of his death (23rd April) that coincides with Saint George's Day. The Spanish people have turned it into quite an event, and the world took notice. UNESCO must have decided to borrow this idea from the Spanish people, because in 1995, UNESCO proclaimed 23rd of April -World Book Day. Interestingly, besides Miguel Cervantes, William Shakespeare and a number of notable writers also died on the same day. Nowadays, World Book Day is celebrate...