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Antigone by Sophocles

Antigone by Sophocles. Presented by: Cassie Casiano Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart. Martha Graham as Jocasta. Jocasta is the mother and wife of Oedipus. Is Graham’s dancing literal or highly interpretive? What plot symbolization do you see in her dance?

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Antigone by Sophocles

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  1. Antigoneby Sophocles Presented by: Cassie Casiano Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

  2. Martha Graham as Jocasta • Jocasta is the mother and wife of Oedipus. • Is Graham’s dancing literal or highly interpretive? What plot symbolization do you see in her dance? • How is Graham’s performance like/unlike Greek Theatre?

  3. Summary ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  4. Moral Lesson • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  5. Oedipus Trilogy I. Oedipus the King ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  6. Oedipus Trilogy • II. Oedipus at Colonus ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  7. Oedipus Trilogy • III. Antigone __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  8. Greek Drama • Masks ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Chorus _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  9. The Theatre of Dionysus, on the hillside below the Acropolis. Note the orchestra and chorus in front of the stage

  10. Amphitheatre at Epidarus, Greece.Built c350 BC. Amphitheatre at Epidarus, Greece.Built c350 BC.

  11. Dionysus • Dionysus- ____________________________________________________________________ Methods of worship- ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

  12. Link to Theatre • Theatre ____________________________________________________________________ For example, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

  13. Satyr

  14. Bibliography • Botinelly, Robert.  The ELAC Guide to Ancient Greek Theatre.  Web: http://www.perspicacity.com/elactheatr e/library/greektheatre/ .  1996-2003. • Sophocles. Antigone. Dover: New York. 1993. • Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. Dover: New York. 1991.

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