antigone (an-ti- gah -nee)
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Antigone (An-Ti- Gah -nee). Sophocles and Greek Tragedy. Tragedy in general. Involves downfall of hero, usually ending with his/her destruction or death (called?) Intense emotion/horrible truth that leads to release or “catharsis” From Aristotle: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ANTIGONE(AN-TI-GAH-NEE)
Sophocles and Greek Tragedy
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TRAGEDY IN GENERAL
Involves downfall of hero, usually ending with his/her destruction or death (called?)
Intense emotion/horrible truth that leads to release or “catharsis”
From Aristotle:• Arouses the emotions of pity and fear, wonder and awe• Explores the interactions of gods and mortals• Purifies the emotions
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GREEK THEATER
Produced as part of religious festivals
Performed in outdoor theaters
No scene changes, simple plots, focused on one day/setting/event
Violence took place off stage – audience told through messengers
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ACTORS AND CHORUS
All actors were men – wore masks w/megaphones and platform shoes
Chorus = Group of actors who moved/sang together – a “character” in Greek plays.
• Set the mood, summarize action, side w/certain characters, warn of disaster
Choragos – leader of the chorus
Prologue – explanation of background to set up the conflict of a story
Parodos – opening song
Strophe/ Antistrophe – group response to chorus leader (strophe right to left, antistrophe left to right)
Ode – song from the chorus used to divide scenes, like a curtain
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OTHER WORDS TO KNOW
Paean – thanksgiving to Dionysus
Exodos – final exiting scene
Catharsis – purging of emotion, usually pity or fear (result of watching a tragedy – outcome for audience)
Hubris – excessive pride or self-confidence
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SOPHOCLES
Wrote during “Golden Age” of ancient Greece
496 BC – 406 BC: 90 years old at death = ancient (pun intended…)
Only 7 of his 100 plays remain
Added third actor to cast of plays – previously dramas included 2 actors and the Chorus
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ANTIGONE
3rd of 3 plays about the Cadmus family (continuation of the story of Oedipus)
• Family curse for a crime committed against the gods • King and Queen leave baby in the mountains to avoid the
prophecy that the baby will kill his father and marry his mother (incest)
• Baby raised by king and queen of neighboring town (unbeknownst to the Cadmus family)
• As a man, the baby unknowingly kills the father, marries the mother, and has children --- doesn’t know the man he killed and the woman he married are his own father and mother.
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ANTIGONE CONTINUED
• When mother finds out what they have done, she hangs herself. The son gouges out his own eyes and goes into exile, leaving his brother-in-law (mother’s brother) in charge of his children
• Leaves kingdom to his two sons who kill each other over power
• Brother-in-law becomes king, older brother receives burial ceremony, other younger brother does not (his soul will never rest).
• Sister buries younger brother against king’s orders (where play begins).
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CADMUS FAMILY TREE
Laius (Father
)
Jocasta (Mothe
r)Oedip
us (Son)
Jocasta(Mothe
r)
Antigone (buries
Polyneices)
Ismene
Eteocles
(older)
Polyneices
(younger)
Creon (Brother)