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Title: Antigone


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Antigone
A Tragedy
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SOPHOCLES
  • Wrote Oedipus Trilogy
  • Added 3rd actor
  • Enlarged chorus from 12-15
  • Won best play write times
  • Wrote 120 plays (7 survive)
  • Had the chorus speak

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  • Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is
    serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude
  • There is a cause-effect chain that reveals what
    may happen at any time because that is the way
    the world operates.

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  • Arouses not only pity, but also fear because the
    audience can see events as they unfold.
  • Imitation, not of man, but of life or an action.
  • these men must be either of a higher stature.
  • Must have morals

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Tragic Flaw
The change is the result of some great error or
frailty of his character.
Tragic Hero
  • Must have a tragic flaw
  • Is a character who commits an action or makes a
    mistake which eventually leads to his or her
    defeat, not because he is sinful or morally weak,
    but due to lack of knowledge.

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  • Protagonist must be good so his change of fortune
    can be from good to bad.

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  • A Character should have
  • Good morals
  • Realistic
  • Valor
  • Consistent, true to themselves
  • Believable
  • True to life, but idealized

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Protagonist Main character-In Ancient Greece it
is typically the most moral person. Antagonist
Person or thing causing the conflict Motivation
Why a character does something (what
circumstances or personality traits does a
character have) Symbol Something that stands for
something else.
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