Antigone is an ancient greek tragedy, written and performed in a specific cultural and historical context in classical athens. Describe haimons reaction when creon entered antigone s tomb. When he learned what he had done, he blinded himself and left thebes. Antigone heroized v5 for hour 25 upload the kosmos society. The play antigone seems to suggest that the gods are on the side of the conscience. Antigone expresses the view 32 that those of noble birth should show superior moral qualities. The play begins with an argument between antigone and ismene, her sister. Electra awaits the return of her adored younger brotheror estes to avenge the death of a. Emotions fly as she challenges the king for the right to bury her own brother. The meaning of the name is, as in the case of the masculine equivalent antigonus, worthy of ones parents or in place of ones parents.
The internet classics archive antigone by sophocles. Antigone s attitude towards death does not fear it better than suffering. Antigone is a tragedy by the ancient greek playwright sophocles, written around 442 bce. I have identified the seven major sections and highlighted the choral odes. The antigone is an ancient greek tragedy, written and performed in a specific cultural and historical context in classical athens. Antigone laments her approaching death and all that she is giving up in refusing to bend to creons law. But rather than submit to the death that creon has imposed, she hangs herself. Quiz over antigone and presentations of web sites friday, mar. The antigone is a compact play, both thematically and temporally.
The following text of antigone is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercial 4. Antigone 1 oedipus the king 47 electra 101 explanatory notes 155 introduction time is a recurrent topic in sophoclean tragedy. Ismene tries to dissuade her against burying polyneices, because she is afraid that creon will punish antigone by death but her effort comes to no avail. She is a sister of polynices, eteocles, and ismene. The action of the play begins immediately after the battle. The story says, oedipus, the son of laius and jocasta killed his father laius and became the king of thebes. Of, so recently so oedipus fortun ate, the chorus sings, time sees all, and time, in your despite, disclosed and punished your unnatural marriage p. Points for elements of greek drama worksheet 30 points for antigone worksheet. Antigone, modern adaptation 87 minute film by antonio dalfonso 2012 antigonick, play by anne carson 2012 which is a free and poetic adaptation of the sophocles play. The antigone of sophocles in greek and english microform.
It focuses on the conflict between opposing moralities. I how, like clinging ivy, the growth of stone subdued her. Sophocles proves himself a master of lyric storytelling. Antigone is engaged to creons son, haemon, and the two of them are very much in love. Antigone then beseeches her sister to assist her in burying polynices against the order 127. Unlike her beautiful and docile sister, antigone is sallow, withdrawn, and recalcitrant. Everyone has felt the urge to rebel against authority at one time or another. Doc antigone critical analysis mohammed kamara academia. In my mind, this is a question which is crucial with respect to all of the characters, but perhaps most so with antigone who appears to be the. This ironic parable in the romantic mode belongs to the genre that novalis named literary saturnalia. Historical context for the antigone the core curriculum. Find a recent story from a magazine, a newspaper, or the internet that somehow ties in with the themes or events in antigone. Pdf downloads of all 1427 litcharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish. This context influenced the way the play was written and the characters within it, but the play also investigates more universal issues about humanity that have resonated with a variety of people throughout the centuries.
Antigone and oedipus the bond is famously and bizarrely identical. Teaching the antigone in wisconsin a resource guide by kerry lefebvre introduction and overview. Im going now 80 to make a burial mound for my dear brother. We wish you a long life, as meaningful as a deep sigh. Antigone wants to bury polyneices body, in defiance of creons edict. Ultilmately, creon suffers from his lack of moral insight. Antigone by sophocles teacher guide, lesson plans, play text. Antigone ismene, you ought not to go without your beauty sleep. I will go and heap a mound of earth over my brother.
Tiresias, the blind prophet, warns creon that he is about to make a terrible mistake in killing antigone, and that he should not leave the body of polynices unburied. To show disparate treatment in hiring you must show that every time i go on a. The legacy of ancient greek consciousness in the fragmentation of modern tragedy sabina sestigiani stay happy, then, dear antigone. Tiresias, the blind prophet, warns creon that he is about to make a terrible mistake in killing antigone, and that he should not leave the body of. Antigone tells her sister how creon has give funeral honors to one of their brothers, namely, eteocles, but only shame to the other, namely, polynices 127. The word file is viewable with any pc or mac and can be further adjusted if you want to mix questions around andor add your own headers for things like name, period, and date.
Jebb revised by pierre habel and gregory nagy newly revised by the hour 25 antigone team outside the gates of thebes. Eteocles and polyneices quarreled, polyneices was driven out but returned. Antigone reading guide the following questions go to the end of the play. Antigone dear sister, ismene, my love and my life, do you know of any ill that zeus has not inflicted on us in our brief lives, because of oedipus. Oedipus unwittingly killed his father, laios, and married his own mother, iocaste. But, unlike antigone, his sons are completely indifferent to their fathers suffering. The teacher will then ask students to pair share who they think will happen to the main character and why, keeping in mind the theme of rebellion. Antigone character analysis in antigone sparknotes. It deals with antigone s burial of her brother polynices. Antigone s views are based on the decrees of the gods. This particular morning, seeing how beautiful you are makes everything easier for me. Determined but doomed, antigone shows her inner strength throughout the play.
Creon krcpjnq, king of thebes, uncle of antigone and ismene. Antigone in front of polinices killed by nikiforos lytras 1865autor sophocles tragedypublication ancient greek. We will be reading and working on questions during class. Oedipus unknowingly married his own mother jocasta and had children by her. By sophocles citystate of athens, presentday greece translated from the greek by robert fagles characters antigone daughter of oedipus and jocasta ismene sister of antigone a chorus of old theban citizens and their leader creon king of thebes, uncle of antigone and ismene a sentry haemon son of creon and eurydice. A danish antigone 61 revisited version of antigone. Sophocles antigone 442 bc translators note this translation by ian johnston of malaspina universitycollege, nanaimo, bc, note that in this translation the numbers in square brackets refer to the greek text, and the. Antigone, torn as a child from her fathers arms at the end of oedipus the king, later brings death upon herself out of loyalty to her dead brother polyneices.
Carson and her colleagues presented a reading of antigonick in 2012 at the louisiana gallery in denmark. Teiresias says, only a fool is governed by selfwill. This specific context influenced the way the play was written and the. Antigone, haemon, and creon all disrupt the citys social order and transgress the laws and hierarchical divisions that constitute it. The daughter of oedipus and jocasta, antigone is an unconventional hero who pits her beliefs against the king of thebes in a bloody test of wills that leaves few unharmed. Background on antigone the play first of the three theban plays that sophocles wrote, although the events dramatized in it happen last. The incestuous nature of the sisters birth oedipus was married to his own mother 47 seems not to affect antigone s view of her own nobility, which she is concerned to prove. In the play the excerpts of ukrainian translation of antigone by borys ten mykola khomychevkyi were used, source. Now, when his young daughter antigone defies her uncle, kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact a primal conflict between young and old, woman and man, individual and ruler, family and state, courageous and selfsacrificing reverence for the gods of the earth and perhaps self.
Oedipus, who solved the riddle of the sphinx, who married his mother, jocasta, by accident, but still. From this definition, we can infer that tragedy is designed to release cleanse or purify emotion from the audience in order to bring reason and rationality back into their minds. This excellent multipurpose endofthebook unit test for antigone by sophocles is an interactive pdf file. So, at the plays beginning, antigone decides to defy creons laws.
It is against you and me creon has made this order, said antigone 127. Antigone then beseeches her sister to assist her in. This dovetails nicely with satire, because satire is a tool of criticism, often. Antigone, play by antonio dalfonso 2004 antigone, play by don taylor. Antigone, the sister of them both, feels she has to bury her own brother even though it is against the kings will. In the first moments of the play, antigone is opposed to her radiant sister ismene. Detailed quotes explanations with page numbers for every important quote on the site. Antigone lesson plans combo pack teachers pet publications.
Antigone was the daughter of king oedipus of thebes and jocasta. Unlike her beautiful and docile sister, antigone is scrawny, sallow, withdrawn, and recalcitrant brat. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. Antigone 442 bc translators note this translation by ian johnston of malaspina universitycollege, nanaimo, bc, note that in this translation the numbers in square brackets refer to the greek text, and the numbers with no brackets refer to this text. But creon is as unyielding in his allegiance to the rule of law as antigone is to the unwritten traditional rules of the gods. Microsoft powerpoint antigone introductory lecture. She thinks it requires her to honour her brother even at the. Antigone, daughter of oedipus, former king of thebes. Solomiia svystkova as antigone joseph gerasymov as teiresias guide anna lesyk as the chorus leader. But her uncle, creon the tyrant king, forbids her to do so under pain of death, because, he says, polynices was a traitor. The antigone lesson plan is downloadable in pdf and word. Describe what creon saw when he looked through the crevice into antigone s tomb. Prereading activity prior to any discussion or reading, a good thought starter to be answered in a student journal could be the following. May the daily bitterness of sorrow be offered to you abundantly.
Sophocles antigone 442 bc translators note this translation by ian. Although it was written before sophocles other two theban plays, chronologically it comes after the stories in oedipus the king and oedipus at colonus, and it picks up where aeschylus play seven against thebes ends. Will antigone give up her family, her fiance, and even her own life. The play should have been named creon instead of antigone. The citizens of thebes are sympathetic to antigone s desire to bury.
In the opening of the play, antigone brings ismene outside the city gates late at night for a secret meeting. The festival of dionysus dionysus the god of fertility. Teaching guide for antigone download teaching guide for antigone. Antigone and ismene are the sisters of the dead brothers, and they are now the last children of the illfated oedipus. If we are unable to finish them, they will be your responsibility. Her sister ismene warns that creon will punish any who defy the law of the city. Guards lead her away to be sealed up alive in a tomb. There are many allusions to greek mythology on line 10351085. In antigone, the chorus is a group of theban elders powerful citizens of the city who watch and comment on the action.
Essentially a complete teachers guide for the novel, this litplan teacher pack includes lesson plans and reproducible resource materials for antigone by sophocles. Antigone, the third of sophocles three theban plays, follows the fall of the house of oedipus and begins in the aftermath of the theban civil war. Antigone 2story of the play in ancient thebes, antigone determines to give a sacred burial to her brother polynices, who had died on the battlefield. Antigone ismene, my sister, who came from the same womb as i did, do you know any evil out of all the evils kaka. In antigone, the chorus represents the elder citizens of thebes. The teacher will read aloud the prologue and parodos to the class, pausing to explain. Antigone reading guide west linnwilsonville school district. Note that creon is a brother of jocasta and thus an uncle of antigone, ismene, eteocles, and polyneices. Teatro griego extos sofocles antigona sofocles antigona. Sophocless choruses react to the events of the play. These are questions that sophocles tragedy elicited when antigone it was first performed 2,500 years ago and they remain the questions that the play demands we ask ourselves today.
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