The writer of Antigone was talking with excitement and his beaming face bore witness of that. “You said coincidental, could you be more explicit?” I asked him with the impression that he had been interrupted. “The name Antigone”, he continued with smile, “carries in itself the whole message of the play. Let us go back to Anne Carson. She translated the name from Greek into English as “against birth” or “instead of been born”. “Against birth” or “instead of been born” is another way for me to reject the same status quo that leading to the enslavement of women in our society. Besides, I would like to introduce another perspective to the meaning of the heroine’s name. Let us not try to translate the name. Just leave it as it is and consider the
