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In this essay I am going to discuss the form and structure of Sophocles play Antigone, I will look at how Sophocles structured
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In this essay I am going to discuss the form and structure of Sophocles play Antigone, I will look at how Sophocles structured this play and comment on this, I will also compare it to a typical Greek structure. The typical structure of Greek tragedies had a Prologue and a Parados; there would then be four alternating Episodes and Stasimons. To end the play there would be finally a fifth Episode and then an Exodus. The structure of Antigone was slightly different to this as Sophocles broke the trend and added an extra Episode and Stasimon; this is significant as it was the first time this happened in the Greek theatre. Sophocles used a Prologue in Antigone at the start of the play. The Prologue is normally between one or two protagonist and in Antigone it was Ismene and Antigone in the scene. This is helpful for the audience as it sets the...
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