Modern French dramatist, Jean Anouilh, is a great tragic playwright of the twentieth century. His best known work is
Antigone, a modern version of Sophocles' tragedy. Anouilh's
Antigone also provides a commentary on the Nazi occupation of
France. In rewriting the myth in modern times, Anouilh revives the issue of free will under the power of the state.
Sophocles' tragedy is set in Greece, but Anouilh wishes to indicate the timeless, universal nature of this conflict of human law versus divine law. He sets the play on a simple stage that could be anywhere. There is a staircase of three steps forming a semicircle, with two archways at the bottom. Curtains part in the center for entrance and exit. A table and chairs on the left serve as the only furniture. In one long scene, the play moves from early morning in the palace of Thebes to high noon outside the city gates, with the guards keeping watch over the dead body of Polynices. The action moves next to Creon's chamber and to his meeting and argument with
Antigone at the left center table, her prison cell. The final part shifts to the Cave of Hades, outside the southeast gate of the city, where Antigone is buried alive. Haemon finds her dead body. After
Creon enters, father and son fight, and Haemon stabs himself. The final stage set presents Creon with his page. They move together through the arch. The guards resume playing cards as if nothing has happened.
Antigone
The younger daughter of King Oedipus of Thebes, and Jocasta, who is his mother. Antigone buries her brother, Polynices, against the orders of the current King of Thebes, Creon. She is a tragic but powerful figure, a rebel, and a quiet girl. Her character brings out the conflict between human and divine law. She desires happiness, but refuses compromise.
Creon
King of Thebes and brother of Jocasta. He is an art patron and a leader of men. Judged to be strong-willed and fair, he is promoted to the throne after the deaths of his nephews, Polynices and
Eteocles, who were the sons of Oedipus. Greatness is thrust upon him, and like a conscientious worker, he does his job. He is too proud to listen to his son or to the public.
The design of the set is the most essential element of the production because it serves as the backdrop for the entire play. When the film starts, there is a wide shot of the Theban palace. There are two very large portraits of Creon hanging from the ceiling; this instantly establishes that Creon is the ruler of the state. The set depicts the castle’s massive foyer which contains a large staircase. Either than that there are hardly any props; this is advantageous because the presence of props and ornate decorations would divert the audience’s attention away from the dialogue and happenings of the play. Furthermore, the ambience in the palace becomes dark and bleak the moment Antigone commits suicide. This reflects the despondent mood and foreshadows Haemon’s suicide. The set of the play is successful in generating a suitable atmosphere and is reflective of the chaos that will occur.
Antigone, as a character, is extremely strong-willed and loyal to her faith. Creon is similarly loyal, but rather to his homeland, the city of Thebes, instead of the gods. Both characters are dedicated to a fault, a certain stubbornness that effectively blinds them from the repercussions of their actions. Preceding the story, Antigone has been left to deal with the burden of her parents’ and both her brothers’ deaths. Merely a young child, intense grief is to be expected; however, Antigone’s emotional state is portrayed as frivolous when it leads her to directly disobey Creon’s orders. She buries her brother Polynices because of her obedience to family and to the gods, claiming to follow “the gods’ unfailing, unwritten laws” (Sophocles 456-457). CONTINUE
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