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A comparison between "Caucasian Chalk Circle" and "Antigone" "Caucasian Chalk Circle" was a play written in 1944 by a playwright called Brecht. Sophocles wrote "Antigone" in 400B.C. The main similarity of the two plays is that they were both written in a time of war and turmoil. "Caucasian Chalk Circle" being written just before the end of world war two, and "Antigone" was written when Greek democracy was just starting therefore had to fight to stay in power. "Caucasian Chalk Circle" was a very contemporary piece, compared to what had been written at the time suppressed what was happening. This is similar to "Antigone" because, like many other Greek plays written at the time, it was very violent and bloody, much like "Caucasian Chalk Circle." In both societies the leadership was both of dictatorship, the leadership of one person without the risk of re-election, however, in "Caucasian Chalk Circle", you see a break-down of...

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