Define the larger social context and setting in which the story takes place (i.e. the particular society, country, time, geographical place, etc.).

Social Context (main ones but will go into more detail on different padlet):

women to don't have power as the women that are royal in the palace.

monarchy- king 

Chorus—> council of elder 

messages have to be delivered by a person.

Setting: Located in Thebes, Ancient Greece, palace; tomb where Antigone got buried countryside(where Polyneices body is buried).

Identify and discuss the different aspects of each character's social identity (i.e. gender, race, class, ethnicity, national identity, religious identity, family structure, marital status, etc.).

He is the King of Thebes(Male), the new rules of the city’s due to the death of Eteocles and Polyneices and the highest society status that exist . Creon has the most power because he is a king and married people have more power than a single person.  He has 2 sons, a marriage and a wife that he loves. Teiresias is his advisor as he delivers messages for Creon. He is also Greek.

Identify and discuss the different aspects of each character's social identity (i.e. gender, race, class, ethnicity, national identity, religious identity, family structure, marital status, etc.).

Antigone, female, Greek, royalty and not consider a citizen because women aren’t considered a citizen and because she was striped off her royalty she lost a lot of freedom, single, engaged, a surviving daughter. She had two brothers Eteocles and Polynices. A sister named Ismene. She was Egnagaed to Creon’s son Haemon but was still consider to be single. Antigones national identity was about family loyalty and common morals.

Consider the social location (where each character ranks in society in terms of power) based on the different effects each character's intersecting identities produce within the text.

Creo is a powerful king, believes in the law and order that he has set in place and believes that if they don't listen to him they are plotting against him. Greek, male, highest status of king royalty, citizen and ruler of Thebes because he is a male. He follows the basic Greek religion and understands it very well. That when he feel treated by anything he decided what kind of punishment they deserve.

Consider the social location (where each character ranks in society in terms of power) based on the different effects each character's intersecting identities produce within the text.

Antigone is a member of the high society meaning she is a princess . She is the daughter of Oedipus and Jacasta. A sister to Eteocles and Polyneices and Ismene. she is consider a signle woman because she is not married. She is engaged to Haemon (Creon son.) (Sophocles’s, “Antigone” line 624 p.1617) She might come form a high society family and royal blood but because she is woman her power is limited and she in not consider a citizen on Thebes just because of her gender. She has a little more freedom than normal woman in society because of her status but all of that was stripped off when she decided to bury her brother Polyneices and defying Creon. (Sophocoles’s, “Antigone” line 630-632 p.1617)Antigone has a strong sense of family morality and common morals that she strongly believes.(Sophocles’s, “Antigone line 51-52 p.1604)