Antigone

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Antigone
A Tragedy
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SOPHOCLES

• Wrote Oedipus Trilogy
• Added 3rd actor
• Enlarged chorus from 12-15
• Won best play write times
• Wrote 120 plays (7 survive)
• Had the chorus speak

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• Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is
  serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude
• There is a cause-effect chain that reveals what
  may happen at any time because that is the way
  the world operates.

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• Arouses not only pity, but also fear because the
  audience can see events as they unfold.
• Imitation, not of man, but of life or an action.
• these men must be either of a higher stature.
• Must have morals

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Tragic Flaw
The change is the result of some great error or
frailty of his character.
Tragic Hero

• Must have a tragic flaw
• Is a character who commits an action or makes a
  mistake which eventually leads to his or her
  defeat, not because he is sinful or morally weak,
  but due to lack of knowledge.

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• Protagonist must be good so his change of fortune
  can be from good to bad.

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• A Character should have
• Good morals
• Realistic
• Valor
• Consistent, true to themselves
• Believable
• True to life, but idealized

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Protagonist Main character-In Ancient Greece it
is typically the most moral person. Antagonist
Person or thing causing the conflict Motivation
Why a character does something (what
circumstances or personality traits does a
character have) Symbol Something that stands for
something else.