Backstory:

She is the oldest daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. They had 4 children

• Her name in Greek means 'one who is of the opposite opinion' (anti = opposite, gnomi = opinion).

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jjHBeOGPYHv9IZyrit5vX8lHg5ilKs9MRMC2J1y6WZQ/edit

Summary of the curse

A curse plagues the family of Laius, King of Thebes. This started when an oracle prophesied his son would kill him. Oedipus was unknowingly abandoned as a baby and lived to be king in another city before leaving in fear of the prophecy. He however fulfills the prophecy by slaying Laius and later marrying his biological mother, Jocasta. This revelation triggers a wave of misfortune: Thebs faces a plague wher crops die, and people become sick overnight, Jocasta (wife/mother) commits suicide after finding out, Oedipus purposely blinds himself. Finally a war between Oedipus' sons over the throne begins as oedipus quietly dies on holy land.

• not allowed to bury their brother (believed to be a traiter)

• Ismene (rule follower, caring), afraid to go against the state

• Antigone (bold, self defined) , wants to bury her brother, even if that means her death

• Extract ends with a disagreement between the two, over if this should go public

We learn

• women had little power and faced harsher consequences

• Creon's law, on only burying one brother

• His plan to show every action of the state(him) to the public

• Scare people into not breaking the law, as it only meant death

• Chorus is involved, obeying the King, like its master, asking how they can help and what they can do

• Ends with the entrance of a worn out soldier.

 Myths concerned with gods, heroes, and rituals embodied the worldview of Greek religion and remains its legacy

• They varied over time by altering a myth by changing not only the role played by the gods in it but also the evaluation of the gods’ actions.

Nemesis was the Greek goddess of vengeance.

Creon shows HUBRIS: 

He is outraged at the soldier and then after hearing the story his outrage shift to Antigone.

Antigone shows HUBRIS:

Too confident because she shows an excessive attitude towards Creon and is prideful/too confident in her stance. 

Soldier shows HUBRIS:

He thinks all is good and he is in the safe now that he has found Antigone breaking the law as a criminal.

King Creon - accuse antigone of hubris, when she buries her brother

• People were chosen at random using a system like a lottery. Ancient Athens was a direct democracy

2.Which cultural VALUES or principles do you think underpinned this form of democracy?

• I think the idea of having people bring issues themselves, rather that picking someone who does not completely align with your views was what underpinned this idea. In addition the idea of randomly choosing, made sure juries were made up of people with different views, who would then need to come up to a consensus.

Aristocratic - ruled by the best

democracy - ruled by the people

3.What was seen as 'civic duty' for an Athenian?

• civic duty, was the duty of all citizens to serve the government. This was monitored by strict terms and sortition, so no political parties could form

KEY TERMS: democracy, lottery, sortition, election

• to banish a citizen termporarily by popular vote

• It worked my carving the names of politicians, they though trheatedn democracy, once a year onto the ostra

• If 6,000 votes were cast, the winning politican was kicked out of office and out of athens

2. Which cultural VALUES or principles do you think underpinned this process? 

• I think the idea of having a complete democracy set this idea. This allowed for all people to be a part of the election. It is similar in the voting we see today or the singing of petition to get something done.

3. What do you think could be the danger of one person getting too 'high' up in power?

• This is seen with Creon, who has control and represents the state. He chooses all the laws. Even if he thinks what he is doing is for the people, it could really be for him. 

KEY TERMS: un-election, ostraca, ostracism

Overreaching especially in the public eye, not only leads to letting down of yourself, but also of your community

When personal gain is stretched to far at the expense of the community, hubris starts

hubris was also used to describe a group of men, accosting girls lecherously

Also used to describe excessive lust

King Creon - accuse antigone of hubris, when she buries her brother

Overall, definition of hubris is personal success and self indulgence in contrast to self control and morality

Hubris is not defined, it is taken for granted, that everyone knows what it means (common usage)

Nemesis- the goddess of devine vengeance and retribution,

Also known as the inescapable.

She humbled you, bring you back down to earth in a way.

(Pun- get it Gods are above, you thinking your better as a mortal... haha)

Ancient greeks also believed in balance, not to much uck or bad luck

Tyche, Nemesis twin, if you did everything right but got bad luck, she would fix that.

• The Styx.

● The Acheron.

● The Cocytus.

● The Phlegethon.

● The Lethe.

● Charon - This ferry was rowed by Charon, the infernal boatman tasked with taking the souls of the

dead to the Underworld.

● Cerberus - After the boat ride, the souls entered through the gates of the Underworld; the gates

were guarded by the multi (3)headed dog Cerberus, who allowed everyone to enter, but none to leave.

● Tartarus - lowest ‘pit’ of the Underworld; a dark abyss used as a prison to punish ‘bad’ souls.

• Refers to the family, Oedipus starting a curse.

• Refers to Eteocles and Polynices, who though brothers, fought and killed each other.

"past and future time
He holds in his hand by right,
And that those who climb
In their greatness or wickedness
Beyond the permitted height
He brings to destruction and despair"

• Creon, climbing the to the highest point. Any others who reach that height, he removes keeping his power

"When a man commits crimes, and is proud of the action,
A flaming sword hangs over his head:
No future but the grave, and a funeral urn"

• Creon

• Wrongly imprisoning Ismeme

• Is it right to punish anitgone, for burying her brother.

• Heamon speaks against Creon, saying what Antigone did was ethical and right.

• Creon holds the state power and does not want to share it.

• Heamon is accused of being to kind to women.

• Ismene is pardoned

• Antigone is sentenced to be executed by being placed in a cave

The chorus takes her side

Antigone is angry, she yells about how corrupt the city is

She accepts her fate and has to continue on.

Creon is brought in.

• Indirect - impies a personalty or physical trait, by showing the reader

• Direct characterisation - when the author directly tells the reader about the trait.

Motherhood

Marriage

Creon tries to put the blame on her, and she choose her fate/not him or the gods.

Tells Creon to won is mistake and make it right.

Tells him the gods are mad

Antigone is still in the cave

Chorus, asks Creon what he plans on doing

🤴 King Creon - The tragic hero

🤴Haemon - Antigone's betrothed and Creon's young adult son

👧 Ismene - Antigone’s sister, very unlike to her

👨‍🦳 Tiresias - The blind prophet, a brave and honest person

🎶 The Chorus - The embodiment of collective caution

Ancient Greek time it meant, "purification" or "cleansing"

Are dead. There will be no more brothers,

Never again. My love had to speak

At Polynices’ grave, or nowhere.

And for that terrible crime, my dearest brother,

Creon sentences me to death,

Drags me here, and will shut me away

In a cavern under the mountain, a living death,"

(Sophocles, 39)

• This is a quote form extract 10, that was exchanged between Antigone, Creon and Chorus

• This is an a-ha moment for me, as it give a complete summary of Antigone's life. She talks about all the deaths in her family and her fate, which put simply is the premises of Antigone

• The quote was spoken by her, as she is contemplating parts of her life, especially not being able to be a mother

• We both used entertainment

• Anceint greek used live theatre as entertainment, we however used social media, rather than meeting in person.

• Today we spend so much ore time on our phones than taking to real people. Ancient greeks were always talking to others or watching others in theatre productions or sports matches.

Heamon her husband, then stabs himself

Creon realises his mistakes and tries to make things right, but he is too slow.

Creon has lost everything and wants to die.

the scene ends with the Chorus giving some wisdom.