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Was'Antigone' an adaptation of Shakespeare's work?

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No, Antigone is not an adaptation of Shakespeare's work. The play was written by Sophocles in the fifth century BC, while Shakespeare's works were written in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The two plays are also very different in terms of style and content. Antigone is a tragedy, while Shakespeare's plays are often comedies or romances.
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