The Role of the Chorus in 'Oedipus' and 'Antigone'
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- The Role of the Chorus in 'Oedipus' and 'Antigone'.
- Divides the play into episode and usually discuss the events.
- Eg; At the end of the first episode in Oedipus there is Oedipus' declaration to find the guilty party- The Chorus then muses who this might be.
- Sets the emotional tone.
- Eg; Mystery, Fear, Shock are all displayed by the Chorus in either 'Oedipus' or 'Antigone'.
- Comments on the themes of the play
- Hubris, Frailty of human happiness, Family Law.
- The Chorus leader often attempts reconciliation.
- Eg; Between Oedipus and Tiresias, and Creon and Antigone.
- Seeks to arbitrate and make characters see sense.
- Eg; Tries to make Creon see that Haemon is actually right. (Ant. 1.670-672)
- Comments on and helps us evaluate characters.
- Eg; Chorus to Oedipus, 'Wrected alike in your fate...How I wish that I had never known you.' And Chorus to Creon, 'Alas! Too late you seem to see justice!'
- Divides the play into episode and usually discuss the events.
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