Antigone Characters - Antigone and Creon
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- Created on: 15-01-20 10:15
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- Antigone Characters - Antigone and Creon
- Antigone
- Key Traits
- Pious
- Brave
- Asserts superiority of unwritten laws of the gods over the laws of men/Creon
- Even believes she can dies happily knowing she upheld the gods law...Stubborn?
- Asserts superiority of unwritten laws of the gods over the laws of men/Creon
- Loyal to her family
- Proud of her actions when claiming responsibility
- Angry
- Determined
- Performance aspects
- Sharp movements/ Confidence in stride and speech
- Loud, low tone when addressing Creon
- Element of defiance to undermine his authority when putting gods above him
- More sympathetic (but still sense of anger) towards the 'weak' Ismene
- Angry, powerful movements when addressing Creon (pg. 28)
- accentuating words, almost spitting them at him
- make the most of pauses as she has been thinking this for a while
- Loud, low tone when addressing Creon
- Sharp movements/ Confidence in stride and speech
- Intended audience reactions
- start of play:
- almost fearful of what she's going to do
- respect for her standing up for her brother against Creon
- Strong and brave against the weak Ismene
- with Creon
- Not completely rational
- Respect for her standing up to him - Proud of her as a heroine
- Fearful of her anger and rage
- With Ismene and Creon
- proud and stubborn
- pity her - brutal treatment from Creon
- start of play:
- Key Traits
- Creon
- Key Character traits
- Seemingly level-headed
- Seemingly respectable
- at beginning of play, not by the end
- Seemingly level-headed
- at beginning of play, not by the end
- Professional
- at beginning of play, not by the end
- at beginning of play, not by the end
- Insecure
- Hubris
- Manipulative
- Not necessarily spiteful however - more a Theban nationalist than heartless villain
- Stubborn
- Performance aspects
- Confident - loud voice, big entrances
- Build up to 1st entrance doesn't disappoint
- anger at Antigone with shouting, wide stance, sometimes refusing to look at her with contempt/ disgust, other times not taking his eyes off her with hatred
- Controlled, big movements when speaking to his people and the occasional burst of angry motion with Antigone
- at breaking point after Haemon and Eurydice's deaths
- lower voice, accepting resonsibility
- low or hysterical tone with hysteria and terror?
- lower voice, accepting resonsibility
- Confident - loud voice, big entrances
- Intended audience reaction
- first appearance
- rational leader, professional and nationalist
- sense of respect for him? or knowing of Antigone's plans, fear of his reaction?
- Realisation of his anger and how irrational he can be
- rational leader, professional and nationalist
- with Antigone and Ismene
- agreeing with Antigone and disliking Creon and his motives against her
- misogynistic villain - brutal and dismissive of women
- with Haemon
- sense of fatherly love - respect (to some degree)
- tries to give fatherly wisdom which ends up coming off as misogynistic not in line with Haemon's ideals and engagement
- angry at him as he condemns his own son's marriage
- angry at him as he condemns his own son's marriage
- Form of sympathy for him after Haemon and Eurydice's deaths
- didn't mean to be a 'villain' as such but just protecting his city and its law
- highlight Antigone's irrationality?
- sense of justice?
- didn't mean to be a 'villain' as such but just protecting his city and its law
- sense of fatherly love - respect (to some degree)
- first appearance
- Key Character traits
- Antigone
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