Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Antigone - Day 4 (Monday)

We started the day by naming some of the key events from the final section of the play:

  • Creon changing his mind
  • Antigone's suicide
  • Haemon's suicide
  • Eurydice's suicide
  • Creon's realizations / reflections
  • The final words of the Chorus
We discussed some questions stemming from these events:
  • Why does Creon change his mind?
  • Why do different characters commit suicide?
  • What is the meaning of the last lines of the play? To whom does it refer?
  • How do the earlier conflicts in the play link to the tragedies at the end?