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Justice and Political Drama

Louis Petrich

Through the lens of two plays with deep political implications, Sophocles’ Antigone and Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, we will explore fundamental questions about the relationship between the individual and society. How do the laws of a city shape the souls of its citizens? What is the role of a citizen if the city’s laws are unjust? On what foundation does political authority rest – and how can fallible human beings better endeavor to make justice manifest in a deeply flawed world?

 

Meet the Instructor

Louis Petrich

Louis Petrich has been a tutor at St. John’s College, Annapolis, since 2002. He has a BA in English from Northwestern University and was a PhD Candidate at the Committee on Social Thought at The University of Chicago. He was also a Teaching Assistant in History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine at the The University of Chicago. He was a Dramaturg, Assistant Director and Actor at the University of Chicago’s Court Theater and a Reader and member of the Stage Crew at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. He was also a founder of the American Studies Resources and Training Center, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and an Associate Professor at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani.