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“Analyse Anouilh’s use of variety dramatic devices in his presentation of Antigone in the scenes leading up to her arrest”
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"Antigone" by Jean Anouilh "Analyse Anouilh's use of variety dramatic devices in his presentation of Antigone in the scenes leading up to her arrest" "Antigone", written in 1942 by the French playwright Anouilh, is based upon the original "Antigone" the third play in the trilogy of "The Theban Plays" written by Sophocles, of Ancient Greece, in around 450 BC. "Antigone" is based upon the age-old conflict between the requirements of human and divine law. Although Anouilh's version of "Antigone" is significantly similar to its original by Sophocles, there are substantial differences between the two plays. There is the chorus depicted as one person who sets the scene, the many different characters who draw out different perspectives of Antigone's persona and the introduction of the character of the nurse. During "Antigone", contempt of death enables a weak maiden to conquer a powerful ruler, who, proud of his own wisdom, ventures in his unbounded...
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