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Antigone Antigone

Antigone Antigone. by Sophocles by Sophocles. Ancient Greece 477-431 B.C. Known as the Golden Age of Athens. Athens was a Greek City-State. Developed democracy All male citizens could vote All men were expected to serve in the army. Athens’ Golden Age. Arts and ideas

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Antigone Antigone

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  1. AntigoneAntigone by Sophocles by Sophocles

  2. Ancient Greece 477-431 B.C. • Known as the Golden Age of Athens

  3. Athens was a Greek City-State • Developed democracy • All male citizens could vote • All men were expected to serve in the army

  4. Athens’ Golden Age • Arts and ideas • Three great tragedians • Aechylus • Sophocles • Euripedes

  5. Golden Age Ended • Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta • 27 years • Athens defeated • A plague killed a third of population

  6. Effect on us… • Democracy • Comedy • Tragedy • Sculptures • Buildings

  7. Greek Theater • Celebrations • Festivals to honor their gods • Contests between playwrights • Plays from well-known myths • Exposed arrogance • Emphasized reverence

  8. The Beginning of Theater • A chorus would dance and sing songs in praise of the god • They wore masks representing mythical forest spirits • An actor would reply to the chorus

  9. Further development • Role of the chorus • Interpreted the meaning of the plays • Divided the scenes • More actors were added later • Masks were used to distinguish characters

  10. Amphitheaters • Outdoors • Seats rose in a semicircle from a level orchestra area • Violence/irreverence depicted offstage • No curtains

  11. Sophocles • One of the most respected Greek dramatists of his time • An Athenian citizen • Born in Colonus, a village near Athens • His family was wealthy • His education include music, dancing and gymnastics

  12. Sophocles • Wrote more than 120 plays • Only seven have survived • 468B.C. won first prize in contest • Antigone first produced in 440B.C. • Was a general of the army • Died at 90 years old in 405B.C.

  13. The Oedipus Myth • Composed of three tragedies about the royal family of Thebes • Oedipus the King • Oedipus at Colonus • Antigone

  14. Synopsis of Theban plays • Abandoned • Raised by peasants • Leaves home • Kills a man • Becomes hero • Marries a widow, Iocaste

  15. Synopsis • Plague falls on city of Thebes • Oedipus learns his true identity • Iocaste kills herself • Oedipus blinds himself • His sons fight each other in a civil war for control of Thebes • They kill each other

  16. Synopsis • Creon, Iocaste’s brother takes control of city • Antigone goes with Oedipus into exile • Oedipus dies • Antigone returns to Thebes

  17. Antigone begins… • The war is over • Creon has decreed that no one give Polyneices a proper burial • If disobeyed they will be sentenced to death…

  18. Ancient Greece Map Note distance between Athens (Athenae) and Troy (Ilium/Troia)

  19. Protagonist – the main character in a literary work; the center of the action (Antigone) • Antagonist – the character in conflict with the protagonist (Creon) • Character’s decision – often the act that drives the plot forward

  20. As you read… Think about the decisions made by all the characters in this story. See how the refusal to change bad decisions leads to tragic consequences.

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