Antigone by Sophocles Presented by: Cassie Casiano Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart.

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Antigone by Sophocles Presented by: Cassie Casiano Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

Martha Graham as Jocasta Jocasta is the mother and wife of Oedipus. Jocasta is the mother and wife of Oedipus. Is Graham’s dancing literal or highly interpretive? What plot symbolization do you see in her dance? Is Graham’s dancing literal or highly interpretive? What plot symbolization do you see in her dance? How is Graham’s performance like/unlike Greek Theatre? How is Graham’s performance like/unlike Greek Theatre?

Summary ________________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

Moral Lesson __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

Oedipus Trilogy I. Oedipus the King I. Oedipus the King ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

Oedipus Trilogy II. Oedipus at Colonus II. Oedipus at Colonus __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

Oedipus Trilogy III. Antigone III. Antigone ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

Greek Drama Masks Masks _________________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _____________________ Chorus Chorus _________________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________

The Theatre of Dionysus, on the hillside below the Acropolis. Note the orchestra and chorus in front of the stage

Amphitheatre at Epidarus, Greece. Built c350 BC.

Dionysus Dionysus- __________________________________ __________________________________ Dionysus- __________________________________ __________________________________ Methods of worship- __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

Link to Theatre Theatre __________________________________ __________________________________ For example, __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Theatre __________________________________ __________________________________ For example, __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

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