Antigone by Sophocles

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Antigoneby Sophocles

• Presented by Cassie Casiano
• Edited By Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

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Martha Graham as Jocasta

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

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Summary

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Moral Lesson

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Oedipus Trilogy

• I. Oedipus the King
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Oedipus Trilogy

• II. Oedipus at Colonus
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Oedipus Trilogy

• III. Antigone
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Greek Drama

• Masks
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• Chorus
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The Theatre of Dionysus, on the hillside below
the Acropolis. Note the orchestra and chorus in
front of the stage
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Amphitheatre at Epidarus, Greece.Built c350 BC.
                               Amphitheatre at
Epidarus, Greece.Built c350 BC.
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Dionysus

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Link to Theatre

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Satyr
        
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Bibliography

• Botinelly, Robert.  The ELAC Guide to Ancient
  Greek Theatre.  Web http//www.perspicacity.com/
  elactheatr e/library/greektheatre/ .  1996-2003.
• Sophocles. Antigone. Dover New York. 1993.
• Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. Dover New York. 1991.