What did we focus on when exploring the scene?
We focused on the differences between Antigone and Ismene, and how we could show how those differences explain how the behave towards each other. However, we also acknowledged the link between them, being their loyalty towards family, and how they used that link in contrasting ways. Ismene believing that her loyalty lied with her heroic brother, whereas Antigone believed her loyalty lied with both her brothers.
How did you explore the characters practically?
We got into partners, one of us being Antigone one of us being Ismene. After we did that, we had to run through the text as these characters improvising the scene.
What did you discover about the relationship between the sisters?
Both Antigone and Ismene have strong personalities and that could be the source to why they argue so much and have different views to things.
How did this scene link to some of the information you discovered in the session about historical context?
When looking at historical context, we discovered how Ancient Greek society revolved very much around the law and in this scene, Antigone and Ismene are arguing the two sides of going against the law and abiding by the law.
Antigone and Creon
What did we focus on when exploring the scene?
We focused on the clashing of emotions during this scene, because it was the scene when Creon discovered that Antigone had buried her brother, despite him saying that, anyone doing so was to be prosecuted.
How did you explore the characters practically?
We got into partners, one of us being Antigone one of us being Creon. After we did that, we had to run through the text as these characters improvising the scene.
What did you discover about the relationship between the two characters?
Since Creon was a huge respected man he saw Antigone as one of his subjects, despite the fact they were family, I feel this is what made their relationship tense, since Antigone still looked at him as her uncle but Creon looked at her as someone that was supposed to follow him.
How did this scene link to some of the information you discovered in the session about historical context?
For Antigones character, we can understand that in society she was supposed to accept everything that Creon said. However, in this scene she's doing the opposite and this would have shocked Creon as well as an Ancient Greek audience.
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