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Antigone Reflective Statement

"Reflective statement; Antigone"

In our interactive orals today we discussed the cultural and contextual consideration of Sophocles' play "Antigone". In our discussion we covered the life and career of Sophocles, later versions of Antigone and the development of Greek tragedy.

From our discussion it was easy to see that not much was known about Sophocles - or at least not much that was certain. However, it was apparent that he had achieved a lot in his life time and that he had lived in Athens, Greece when it was at the height of its power. During this time Athens was full of great philosophers, politicians and, of course, playwrights - of which Sophocles was arguably the ...

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actors to the role as chorus - where it had previously been only one person. In Antigone we can see that Sophocles took a similar approach as he also uses multiple people in his Chorus - people that represent members of the community.

We also learned that Antigone was a play that was popularly adapted or presented again. Jean Anouilh adapted the play and put it on in Nazi occupied France in 1943. It was seen as a sign of resistance with Creon representing the Vichy government and Antigone representing the French Resistance. This use of `Antigone' was a recurring theme as its popularity grew again in America during the Vietnam War.

I think the most useful part of this IO was the discussion about `Antigone' being used as a play of protest. For me this really drew attention to the theme of protest and resistance in the play itself, while at the same time making me more aware of the contextual considerations of the ...

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Added: 11/29/2015 11:19:37 PM
Submitted By: jlce
Category: Film & Theater
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 373
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