1. English 10
Day 18

2. Review Test: Ch7 inferences
You need a red book. No phones. No talking. Turn in when finished.
Trip meet next Wed 6:30

3. Tragedy ANTIGONE Greek Theater
SOPHOCLES

4. What is tragedy?
Video
Take notes!!!

5. One of three great Greek tragic playwrights.
Who is Sophocles?
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.
Take notes!

6. 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.

7. 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”--EPIDAURUS

8. Background: Antigone
Prezi Video
Take notes!!

9. 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.
Day 19
English 10

11. Warm-Up: Reciprocal Pronouns
Antigone’s brothers set out to conquer (one another, each other).
Her extended family members always cooked for (one another, each other).
Katie and Charlene were excited to go to Dublin, Ireland with (one another, each other).

12. 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!)
Fun!

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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…

16. 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
Put parts on the board, write names of students who are taking the part for each class

17. 4.13 How Do You feel? (page276)
Read the brief character situations from Antigone. Then adopt a point of view of the characters.

18. 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!