Staging Theme Of Death Flashcards
(19 cards)
Who’s death is Antigone consumed by
Her brothers polonycies
What was a keener
The role of women when there is a death- public mourners
What would keeners do
Beating their chests and rip of their clothes - taking the pain of death
How would women vocalise their pain?
Chanting
What is emphasised by the chorus in the first stasimoned
The theme of death
When the chorus refer to death in stas one what should a director consider ?
Are they foreshadowing antigones death - “only death from death alone
What did Greek playwrites often explore?
Relationship between actor and chorus
How could director of Antigone explore relationship between performer and chorus ?
Juxtapose Antigone and chorus - experiment stage space and proxies to one and other
When does Antigones confidence waver?
When telling tale of Niaobe
What did Antigone suggest about niabe?
She died an uncomfertable death although at peace
“What a living death she died”
Who is Antigone being left to?
The earth and elements
When does Antigone first reference death? What ?
Opening speech - “our lives are pain”
What does Antigone do to Polynesian body? Who tells us this?”
Sprinkled ashes , soldier says “ sprinkled some dry dust on the chest”
How could a director show Antigone is consumed by death?
Reflecting pain through facial expressions
Use of design to represent death or foreshadowing further death?
Have a figure of a stage but never clear who’s the body is
What did greekes believe about unburied body’s ?
If left unburied would remain in pain or restless and haunt the living
Themes of Antigone in regard to death of polyniesceies?
Clear grief and suffering, exacerbated by creons rule
What is the only thing Antigone can accept?
Her impending death
Greekes belief of the dead ?
The dead were an unwaveble constant presence, both close and far
