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1 Antigone Historical Background

2 Historical Background
Ancient Greece Antigone Greek Theatre

3 Ancient Greece

4 Ancient Greece Greece Islands mountain ranges

5 Ancient Greece Culture Patriarchal society Philosophy Democracy
Socrates Plato Aristotle Democracy

6 Ancient Greece

7 Ancient Greece

8 Overview of Greek Theatre
Ancient Greece Antigone Greek Theatre

9 The Stage Plays Greek culture/plays Religious holidays Banks closed
Dionysus God of ? Greek culture/plays Banks closed Prisoners temporarily released Travel

10 Greek Theatre 3 main portions: Skene Orchestra Theatron Actors perform
1-3 doors in/out Orchestra “Dancing Place” Chorus Theatron Seating

11 The Stage

12 The Stage: Performance
Amphitheatre No scene changes Familiar Stories Catharsis Chorus/Choragos Costumes Off stage

13 Grecian Masks

14 Greek Theatre: Special Effects
Deus ex machina “God from the machine” An insolvable problem suddenly solved through the introduction of a new character, object, or the appearance of god.

15 Major Greek Dramatists
Born Wrote Aeschylus 524 B.C. Seven Against Thebes Sophocles 496 B.C. Antigone Oedipus Euripides 480 B.C. Medea

16 Sophocles Master of Greek Tragedy 100 plays Painted scenery
What tragedy looks like Tragic Hero Tragic Flaw, hamartia Hubris 100 plays 7 full-text Painted scenery Added 3rd actor Greek competitions Point of Redemption Downfall

17 Overview of Greek Theatre
Ancient Greece Antigone Greek Theatre

18 Antigone Background 3 plays, 1 family Curse on Oedipus
Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King) Oedipus at Colonus Antigone Curse on Oedipus Fate vs. Choice “Oedipus Complex” Freud Oedipus and Antigone

19 Copy Only The Boxed Portion!

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