Antigone and Ismene -
What did we focus on when exploring this scene?
When exploring the scene between Antigone and Ismene, we looked at
their relationship and how they interact with each other. This relationship is crucial throughout the play as these two women represent the submissive role of women in Greek times and how that can be challenged. There realtionship also influences the dynamics between Creon and Antigone.
How did you explore the characters practically?
We explored the characters by getting up on our feet and playing out this scene with our partner. This gave us a chance to see how the sisters intercat and get a feeling for the dyanmics in their relationship. By doing this we were then able to change the way these characters were played until we felt the relationship was right.
What did you discover about the relationship between the sisters?
In my pair, we discussed the relationship in depth. We talked about how Antigone is willing to stand up and fight for what she beileves in even in the consequence is death, where as Ismene isn't willing to do that and will 'happily' go along with what ever Creon wishes. We also talked about the contrasting feeling in their relationship, a line such as 'My poor sweet Antigone' shows this. It is clear that they both crae deeply about each other, yet there are moments in the text where it says the complete opposite and it seems as if they don't like each other. Overall, I think Ismene wishes to be as determind and fearless as Antigone yet shes unable due to the fact shes so timid and submissive.
How did this scene link to some of the information you discovered in the session about the historical context?
This scene links to the historical context of how women were perceived in Greek times. This scene presents a women, Ismene,in the way that their supposed to behave in Greek times, shes submissive and doesn't question the authority of Creon, yet it also shows a female character who is the complete opposite of what women should be like in this time period, shes refuses to accept the rules created by the man in authoiryt and itsn't afriad to speak her mind. The contrast in these two female characters makes a significant point about the treatment and values of women, in my opinion Sophocles was making a stand aginst the submissive role of women.
In this scene we focused on therelationship between Creon and Antigone. We looked a lot at the authority and power (status) held by both characters due to the fact Antigone poses a threat to Creons power within the city. We also had a look at the family dynamic in this relationship as Antigone is Creon's nicie, however this aspect doen't come through very much in their relationship.
How did you explore the characters practically?
The way we explored this scene was similar to the way we explored Antigone and Ismenes scene. It was based around acting it out in pairs, we would change the way we preformed it to fit the relationship we thought the characters had.
What did you discover about the relationship between the characters?
We discovered a lot about Creon's character, in our opinion Creon isn't purposly trying to hurt Antigone he just feels that this is the right thing to do in order to be a good king. This influences the relationship between Antigone and Creon because it means there is no way either of them will back down, therefore they lock in eternal conflict until the very end of the play. Both characters are so stubborn and feel that they have gone to far to be able to back down, meaning that neither character will ever give the other character a chance to argue their point. No civilised communication was present in their relationship.
How did this scene link to some of the information you discovered in the session about the historical context?
This links to the historical context of the sturcture of a greek tragedy. The bad guy within the greek tragedies often isn't setting out to create bad things, Creon genrally believes what he is doing is right. Yet his unwillingness to listen to other peoples opinions results in the tragedy.
What did we focus on when exploring this scene?
When exploring the scene between Antigone and Ismene, we looked at
How did you explore the characters practically?
We explored the characters by getting up on our feet and playing out this scene with our partner. This gave us a chance to see how the sisters intercat and get a feeling for the dyanmics in their relationship. By doing this we were then able to change the way these characters were played until we felt the relationship was right.
What did you discover about the relationship between the sisters?
In my pair, we discussed the relationship in depth. We talked about how Antigone is willing to stand up and fight for what she beileves in even in the consequence is death, where as Ismene isn't willing to do that and will 'happily' go along with what ever Creon wishes. We also talked about the contrasting feeling in their relationship, a line such as 'My poor sweet Antigone' shows this. It is clear that they both crae deeply about each other, yet there are moments in the text where it says the complete opposite and it seems as if they don't like each other. Overall, I think Ismene wishes to be as determind and fearless as Antigone yet shes unable due to the fact shes so timid and submissive.
How did this scene link to some of the information you discovered in the session about the historical context?
This scene links to the historical context of how women were perceived in Greek times. This scene presents a women, Ismene,in the way that their supposed to behave in Greek times, shes submissive and doesn't question the authority of Creon, yet it also shows a female character who is the complete opposite of what women should be like in this time period, shes refuses to accept the rules created by the man in authoiryt and itsn't afriad to speak her mind. The contrast in these two female characters makes a significant point about the treatment and values of women, in my opinion Sophocles was making a stand aginst the submissive role of women.
Antigone and Creon -
What did we focus on when exploring this scene? |
| Antigone and Creon in Roy Williams version |
In this scene we focused on therelationship between Creon and Antigone. We looked a lot at the authority and power (status) held by both characters due to the fact Antigone poses a threat to Creons power within the city. We also had a look at the family dynamic in this relationship as Antigone is Creon's nicie, however this aspect doen't come through very much in their relationship.
How did you explore the characters practically?
The way we explored this scene was similar to the way we explored Antigone and Ismenes scene. It was based around acting it out in pairs, we would change the way we preformed it to fit the relationship we thought the characters had.
What did you discover about the relationship between the characters?
We discovered a lot about Creon's character, in our opinion Creon isn't purposly trying to hurt Antigone he just feels that this is the right thing to do in order to be a good king. This influences the relationship between Antigone and Creon because it means there is no way either of them will back down, therefore they lock in eternal conflict until the very end of the play. Both characters are so stubborn and feel that they have gone to far to be able to back down, meaning that neither character will ever give the other character a chance to argue their point. No civilised communication was present in their relationship.
How did this scene link to some of the information you discovered in the session about the historical context?
This links to the historical context of the sturcture of a greek tragedy. The bad guy within the greek tragedies often isn't setting out to create bad things, Creon genrally believes what he is doing is right. Yet his unwillingness to listen to other peoples opinions results in the tragedy.
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