Exploring the text

 

We explored two scenes:

Antigone and Ismene

· What did we focus on when exploring this scene?

We focused on the scene when Antigone and Ismene were debating the case of burying their brother Polynieces.

· How did you explore the characters practically?

We looked at the dialogue practically by getting into partners and each running through the script as either Antigone or Ismene.

· What did you discover about the relationship between the sisters?

We noticed that in the relationship between Ismene and Antigone, they are both very strong minded people and whatever they say they will stick to. By this I mean that Esmene is a person to think more with her head and follow the law whereas Antigone is a person to think with her heart and do what she thinks is right.

· How did this scene link to some of the information you discovered in the session about the historical context?

It linked to the information of historical context because the scene demonstrates how important the law was to some people. For example Ismene was still certain that see would not go against their leader Creon, even if it meant not paying that respect to her own brother by burying him correctly.

Antigone and Creon

· What did we focus on when exploring this scene?

In this scene we looked at the moment when Creon is extremely angry with Antigone as he finds out she is planning on burying her brother.

· How did you explore the characters practically?

We explored the characters practically, by getting into partners (preferably boy & girl) and each playing the part of either Antigone or Creon.

· What did you discover about the relationship between the characters?

I noticed that Creon very much looked down on Antigone because she was 1.Going against his rules 2. a woman and 3.not of the hierarchy. I believe the fact that as a woman she was standing up against a strong man leader, shocked him most and disgusted him even more because no one had ever really dared to against his character let alone a woman

· How did this scene link to some of the information you discovered in the session about the historical context?

This linked to the lesson on historical context because I was able to understand more in depth that in terms of Antigone’s character, in society she was doing what a woman was meant to do. Other than the fact that she was going against Creon’s rules, Athians strongly believed that it was important for women to make sure their family members were buried correctly to pay respect for the dead and that is exactly what her character did.