Task 1: Exploring Techniques: Antigone Exploration
Antigone Exploration
Antigone is a tragedy written by Sophocles in the year 441BCE and is a play about the aftermath of a civil war in which the two sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polyneices, kill each other, where the new King and their successor, Creon, tries to punish Polyneices for his disloyalty by not burying him properly.
Themes:
Pride
Emotion
Destiny vs. Self Determination
Power
Mortality
Tableau
Scene 1 - Antigone wants to bury her dead brother but Ismene has a problem with it.
Scene 2 - The King wants to know who buried his son.
Scene 3 - The King suspects is one of Antigone or Ismene.
Scene 4 - Antigone died, Haeman committed suicide and the Queen died.
Scene 5 - The King is sad because of all the death in his family.
Video of Performance Piece
Antigone Performance (Rehearsal and Performance of a Classic Role)
Character: King Creon
Elements / Techniques: Using different tones of voice to portray emotion.
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