Theme Journal:

Vengeance hurts both sides:
In Medea vengeance hurts both sides. Medea kills her children, which is a big blow to Jason, but it is also a big effect on Medea. It gets her banished and hated by an entire city an enemy to her husband. Leaving her with a reputation of her as a brutal savage women. This isn't really as much in the other plays as much as it is in Medea.

All people are bound by fate:
In Oedipus the king, there is a strong line of fate. First there is a prophecy that Oedipus's parents get stating they will be killed by their son. So they try to have him killed. Oedipus survives and lives up to be strong. He then ends up not knowing, but killing his father, later this leads to more tragedy. Showing that all people are bound by fate.

Word Choice Journal:

There is a lot of body imagery/words used when Antigone and Creon are arguing on pages 42 and 43. Mainly these words are being used by Creon. Physical looks seem to be a big part of Antigone. Many people are surprised that Haemon asked Antigone to marry him, while Ismene was much more beautiful than her. I believe Antigone has some jealousy towards this. This jealousy is what drives her to go against the law in the manner she has. This is what she does to become the center attention and the heroine of this tragedy.

Like the other plays, this was not written originally in English, and whatever you want to argue there is always something that is lost in translation no matter how well you know another language. The true message of something is not conveyed through an interpretation. These ambiguous terms stem from these transitive roots. However, the continued use of these words is to keep things slightly vague and give the people watching the play more of a self guided opinion towards the characters instead of just saying this man is evil you should hate him.

Creon's Motivation:

I believe that Creon's motivation comes from a comination of two things. Originally i was thinking that his motivation was to duty. The duties that a leader should do and the responsibility he has in performing them. However, how he acts in Antigone he seems to be driving by power and greed. Creon during Antigone seems to be very similar to Oedipus. The position of king makes them unwilling to have mercy. They are used to being obeyed and not willing to move an inch on their decisions.

Antigone Journal:

There is a lot of characterization, but not by letting the people act, the chorus sets up and describes every single person in the play. This causes some slight foreshadowing too. There is a lot of imagery of the surrounding area and how the characters look. Since we know the play there is a lot of Irony in this. Since Antigone is described as weird it is odd that Haemon decides to marry Antigone instead of "beautiful" compared to Antigone.

Anouilh:

In the 1940's Europe war had broken out across the whole continent. I'm not quiet sure how it would affect the author, I don't know where she lives, I suppose i will assume that it is Greece if she is interpretting a Greek play. Anouilh probably has a bad outlook towards war and does not like conflict at all. It will probably make her characters in her interpretation seek for less rash arguements and have more of a nuetral tone. Not that it changes what happens in the end but it will be more like if the actors had less emotion in what they were saying.

Antigone Cast:

Antigone-Wanona Rider
61.52-53 "Will you lift up his body with these bare hands and lower it with me?"
63.94-95 "you have your excuses. I am on my way, I will raise a mound for him, for my dear brother."
physique- she was in the crucible when she was younger.
personality- in the role of abagail in The Crucible she was resisting authority and rash.
why-resisted puritan society and got people on her side.

Ismene-Emma Watson
physique-slightly on the shorter side, and has an innocent but knowledgeable look to her.
personality- appears to have a kind side but possibly a darker side.
why- I feel like her acting in some recent movies as long with the Harry Potter movies fits the role.

Creon-Samuel L. Jackson
physique-big, tall, bald, facial hair.
personality-plays diverse characters, can be good or bad.
why-in Lakeside terrace, he plays a really good jerk that would fit the role of how Creon acts in Antigone perfectly.

Heamon-Clint Eastwood (younger)
physique-taller, well defined
personality-can be cold or nice, but follows his chosen direction.
why-an actor that plays roles that seem to stand to a certain form of justice.

Sentry-Leo De Caprio
physique-kind of muscular, not too short.
personality-does what told to do, slightly has own free will
why-hes a bad actor, plays usualy roles that aren't that complex

Antigone questions:

What did Antigone do?
What happens to the sentinel?

Why is Creon Angry?
Why will Antigone submit to her "crime"?

Would you do the same thing as Antigone, why or why not?
What is Haemon's motivation to protecting Antigone?

How does the reaction of the chorus demonstrate the beliefs of the society when Antigone is being prosecuted?
What does Antigone's actions demonstrate about gender roles?

How does the Creon in Oedipus contrast with the Creon in Antigone's time?
Why do you think Creon has taken on characteristics that Oedipus has held?

Comparison Journal 2:

Both Oedipus and Medea use Catharsis. In Oedipus this Catharsis is brought upon him with fate. While in Medea the Catharsis was brought using Medea and her actions. In Oedipus this pity and fear is brought up with the developing fate he is going to run into to. Oedipus is bound by a prophecy of killing his parents, and marrying his mother. Oedipus in the end does end up full filling the prophecy. He then blinds himself with his own hands and banished from his country leaving his daughters and sons behind. While in Medea she is left by her Husband. However it is not the husbands fault, she decided in the first place to leave her homeland and run away with Jason. Medea then takes revenge upon Jason in this case, the brutal way she has taking revenge, the fear and pity on Medea that was there previously has been purged. Thus showing this use of Catharsis.

Medea Journal 3:



Jason and Medea have very different views on the gods. Jason has views of the gods being on his side, while Medea sees them on her side as feminist.

38.160-163 "O mighty Themis, and Artemis, Queen, for all the fine vows I bound him with, See what my hated husband has done."Medea believes that the gods are on her side, and that they would protect her and keep her life happy, but she was wrong.

54.680 "Till you've done something0been somewhere-special?"
She finishes the prophecy without even hearing it. This shows that she is connected to the gods. Also she is the daughter of a son of a god herself. So she holds a high opinion being slightly more immortal than the average human in the first place

50.525-526 "Well, as far as I am concerned, it was Aphrodite and no one else in heaven or earth who saved me on my voyage."
Jason believes that the goddesses were protecting him not his wife.

77.1405-1414. Jason views the gods as a justice keeper. But he believes they should always be on his side and not on any others. While Medea has done a terrible crime of killing her own children she still thinks that she should have the gods on her side as well.