Analysis Of Antigonick

The play, Antigonick, gives an ancient Greek tragedy a twist of modernity. This modernity throughout the play allows the audience to get a sense of the most pressing issue that Antigonick attempts to bring up in the mind of the audience. To me, the play of Antigonick addresses the modern day issues surrounding the political sphere in the United States. The political overtones throughout the play directly symbolize the struggle between President Trump and women. Antigone, the ill-fated heroine throughout the play, represents women’s struggle in the political sphere. Currently, women are fighting for equal rights, such as equal pay and right to birth control. This directly relates to Antigone’s fight for what she believes is right, which is to

The beginning of the play starts in darkness, which immediately gives off a dark and eerie mood. The introduction of the characters and the scene of Antigone burying her brother gave off a mood of intense sadness. Only Antigone is the one that actually cared and give her brother the proper respect and send off to the afterlife. This created a sense of isolation on the stage, as Antigone was the only one participating in the burial even though all the actors were clearly on stage and in eyesight of her act. My mood changed to confusion in the middle of the play as the characters seemingly broke into dance flawlessly at what seemed to be a randome point in the play. My mood finally changed to pity and understanding after Kreon realizes what his actions resulted in. Kreon was unable to see how not burying Polyneikes would affect his family and those he

The chorus being a part of the audience allowed for the audience to have a more direct link between what was occurring in the play. However, the chorus itself added a comedic and introspective aspect into the play. For example, the chorus seemed to be one of the few characters that were aware of the situation that the characters were in and the fate of each one. An example of the comedic effect that the chorus adds is when he questions Antigone about whether she remembers doing the entire play with a door strapped on her back because her father wanted her to. This comedic effect seems to lighten the mood during an intense monologue that Antigone is about to give, which addresses the ignorance of Kreon. Also, the wedding between Antigone and Haimon is another high point of the play as all the characters, including Kreon and Eurydike, are in a moment of contempt during the marriage. The low points of the play include Kreon’s realization of his actions and the suicide of Antigone. Both Kreon’s realization and Antigone’s suicide creates a cathartic moment in the audience, as those watching give pity to Kreon and Antigone for dealing with a less than ideal situation. The scene that surprised me the most is the random musical number that was added intermittently in the play. For example, the dancing scene surprised me as due to the randomness in the scene. I would not expect a dance