Antigone original ideas for A*
Sophocles historical background?
-Admired by the people of Athens
-Respected Playwright
-Won 24 victories at the festivals we believe
-Content of Antigone - politically ‘good’
-Elected General - 2 or 3 times once in 440 BC (close after Antigone)
-Master of sympathy, politics and family lives
DETERMINED characters
Contemporary warfare?
Peloponnesian war-a three-phased war won by the Spartans
Athenian law - burial of traitors - not allowed to be buried in Athenian territory (not denied burial but excluded from the homeland).
Quotes from playwright?
In the aftermath of civil war, two brothers lie dead.
Only the one that fought for the city can be buried.
Only one man will take a stand against treachery.
Only one man will lose everything he holds dear.
Only one man will learn when to back down.
Sophocles’ Antigone
Synonyms for 'prophet' (Tiresias)?
Seer, southsayer, clairvoyant, vaticinator, oracle, augur, sibyl
What is PEEC?
-layout of tragedy (not chronological)
Prologue Episodes Epilogue Choral Odes (Stasimon)
What are the six parts of a tragedy plotline (SSPCDT)
Song, spectacle, diction, plot, character, thought.
Quotation from Thucydides about women?
‘Perhaps I should say a word or two on the duties of women to those among you who are now widowed… Your great glory is not to be inferior to what god made you, and the greatest glory of a woman is to be least talked about by men, whether they are praising you or criticising you.’