ENGLISH 10

D A Y 18

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SOPHOCLES

Tragedy

ANTIGONE

Greek Theater

WHAT IS TRAGEDY?

Video

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• Born in 496 BC- Lived to be 90.

• From Colonus-was born into a wealthy family.

• One of three great Greek tragic playwrights.

• Wrote during the “Golden Age.”-wrote over 100 plays. Only seven remain

• Realistic and grim

• 123 Dramas• Added 3rd

characters- Before this, all dramas were played with only two characters

• Entered his plays into contests- awarded first place 20 times and second place all others.

• Scene painting. Skilled in music.

WHO IS SOPHOCLES?

Take notes!

GREEK THEATRE• Tragedies were produced as part of a religious

festival every year in Athens.• Awards were given to the playwright who presented the best

series of three dramas.• Plays were performed in vast outdoor amphitheaters

that could seat 40,000• All actors were men. They wore masks with built-in

megaphones so they could be heard. Actors’ movements were bold and definite.

• The stage was a slightly raised platform.• Violent action took place offstage; messengers told the

audience what had happened.

GREEK THEATRE (C0N.)The Chorus—a group of actors who moved and

sang together—acted as one character and spoke in unison during the Choral Odes, which separated the scenes of drama.

Greek theater incorporated unities of time, place, and action, which meant that there were no scene changes, and no complicated subplots; the plays took place in one day and in one place and focused on once event.

The audience knew the story ahead of time. The emotion of the characters is what they came to see.

THE “GREATEST THEATRE”--EPIDAURUShttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CVO9Vd067U

BACKGROUND: ANTIGONE

Prezi

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DAY 19

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Add “tragedy” to your vocabulary notebook.Tragedy= a play in which the hero dies or

experiences a downfall, usually because of his/her own flaw.

WARM-UP: RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS1. Antigone’s brothers set out to conquer (one

another, each other).2. Her extended family members always cooked

for (one another, each other).3. Katie and Charlene were excited to go to

Dublin, Ireland with (one another, each other).

REVIEW MAIN POINTS OF OEDIPUS

Oedipus: Son of Jocasta and Lais. Sent away to be raised by Polybus and Merope. Accidentally fulfills his fate of killing his father (Lais)and marrying his mother (ew)

Has four children: Antigone, Ismene, Polyneices, and Eteocles. Not only are they his children… but they are also his ______. (ew again!)

REVIEW MAIN POINTS OF OEDIPUS

The oracle reveals that a plague is on Thebes because they were harboring a pollutant, or one who killed his own father

Upon finding out what had happened, Jocasta kills herself and Oedipus stabs himself in the eyes, blinding himself.

He then goes into exile and gives power to his two sons to share.

REVIEW MAIN POINTS OF OEDIPUS Polyneices and Eteocles agree to share rule

when they are old enough Eteocles refuses to give up rule when it is his

turn to do so Polyneices leads an assault on Thebes in

retaliation, and the two brothers murder each other in the process

Uncle Creon (Jocasta’s brother) takes over as king.

CREON’S DECREE: Eteocles will be buried with honors because he

died defending his kingdom Polyneices will be left to rot in the open so that

birds will eat his corpse and he will die a dishonorable death because he attacked his own kingdom

This goes against the rules of the gods Antigone believes he should have a proper

burial and has to find a way to make it happen

And so it begins…

CHARACTERS IN ANTIGONE: Antigone: daughter of Oedipus Ismene: daughter of Oedipus Eurydice: wife of Creon Creon: King of Thebes, uncle of Antigone and Ismene Haimon: son of Creon Teiresias: a blind prophet A Sentry A Messenger Chorus: elders of Thebes Choragos: leader of the Chorus

4.13 HOW DO YOU FEEL? (PAGE276)

Read the brief character situations from Antigone. Then adopt a point of view of the characters.

4.14 MEET THE CADMUS FAMILY (PG. 279)You can use your notes! You may work with one

partner.

Your team should attempt to get the most points!