- Fate VS Free Will- Antigone's choice to bury her brother VS the foretold downfall of Creon by the Gods.
- What's Law VS What's Right- Creon's laws VS Antigone's actions/ the law of the Gods.
- Determination- Antigone's determination to bury her brother/ deify Creon/ to die.
- Power & Pride- Creon's pride and power over Thebes yet Antigone has the true power and pride that Creon cannot see until his downfall.
- Broken Expectations- Antigone not living up to the standard that Creon expects/ Antigone not living up to the expectations of women/ Haemon not living up to his fathers expectations.
- Mortality & Death- Antigone constantly refers to her own mortality and impending death/ Many characters commit suicide/ Creon is left surrounded by death.
- Consequences- Creon feels the consequences of his choices and tyrannical rule.
- Antigone- 441 B.C. Originally performed around that time
- Annual festival of Dyonisus, had up to a year to prepare!
- One performance only
- Was a competition so lots of personal pride at stake, if a play was not popular the play write may not be asked to compete the following year
- No women
- Part of a series, the stories linked and followed on from each other based on myths e.g. Antigone is a trilogy.
- Use of chorus represent the common people or conduit for audience.
- Masks to protect the actor, as it let them be a villain or commit a blasphemous or murderous act in character to prevent social backlash. Was also used to get the actor 'in character' as the mask represented the character. It was an important religious and cultural devise.
Original Staging Conditions-
- Acting Style- Big, projected, melodramatic, big gestures
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