Context Homework - 26th March 2015

Which scene did you work on?

During this lesson my group and I chose to work on the scene which included Creon finding out Antigone was to bury her brother once he had already refused.

What did you think of the style of the writing?

The style of the writing within the scene was very direct and the two characters of Antigone and Creon were not scared to confront the other about their views and how they felt towards this situation. They didn’t sugar coat their vocabulary to in order for it to be taken in a more polite manner.

These are two examples...  

 

How was this scene different to the other script used in the lesson?

This scene I personally believe was different in the aspect that there was a lot more of a response between the two characters. In the other script I believe that there is more dialogue between each character when speaking so not as many responses are made.

Did the language make the characters change?

I believe that the language of this particular scene made the characters seem very strong minded in a way that they weren’t afraid of the consequences no matter what they said. For example even though Antigone was a woman and she was speaking to a strong male leader, she still wasn’t in the slightest afraid to say what was on her mind exactly the way she felt without trying to be respectful. I believe this technique made the characters seem as if they had a lot more power than they might have in the actual play.

In groups you then created a version of Antigone focusing on setting it in a specific context. By doing this you had to focus on the use of the language in the piece.

What did your group create? /What characters were developed?

What was the setting?/How did you use language?

In my group when recreating the scene with Creon and Antigone, we decided to create the scene by having Atigone meeting with her sister Ismene and then explaining that they together should go to bury their brother Polynieces but Ismene denies. After two people overhear the conversation, they report it straight to Creon and Creon instantly sends for Antigone. By creating the scene in this way, it enabled us to add more characters rather than just the two characters of Antigone and Creon.

The scene was set in a cafeteria and then was moved into Creon’s palace/castle. In terms of language we decided to set the scene with the characters all coming from a very high class. This affected the way in which they spoke as their pronunciations were a lot more clear and precise. This also affected the language drastically because it meant that the characters had to speak in a more respectful way whereas in the script we used, the characters use of language was straight to the point.

 

two people in the scene realising Atigone is telling Ismene about her plan for the burial of her brother

Notes on other group performances...

Jamie’s group –

·         Set in school

·         Included synchronised speech

·         Very expressive characters physically

Michelle’s group-

·         Used multimedia e.g phones

·         Very creative

·         Expressed speech within a facebook group chat

Sherene’s group-

·         Language was a majority of slang vocabulary

·         Humourus

Cameron’s group-

·         Set in big brother house (tv series)

·         Effective as they expressed a narrative as the charcter of big brother

·         Characters went to big brother for advice

Thiago’s group-

·         Set in an American restaurant

·         Language very aggressive and direct (explicit)

Eric’s group-

·         Set in Milkshake bar

·         Boss (Creon) blames everything on Antigone

·         Humorous