Antigone Day 2

Day 2 Antigone

·        Review Pre-reading Questions

·        Collect pre-reading questions

·        Collect Hamlet peer review sheets (assigned last Frida, December 8 – 3 points)

Read 13-30 today

Assign readers…

We need multiple readers for the Chorus

Think about the following questions as we read:

Overarching questions:

How much power should the government have?

What responsibility does a person have to act in accordance with his or her conscience?

And, can the answers to both of these questions coexist with one another?

What is more important to you, civic responsibilities or personal responsibilities?

Is there a particular value or belief that if denied to you or others you would be willing to face imprisonment or death in fighting for that right?

Specific Questions…

What is the essential conflict between Ismene and Antigone?

Which character are you more like, Ismene or Antigone? Which character do you admire more?

Is it more important to be calm and live to fight another day or to fight injustice in the moment you see it, regardless of risk?

What values does the chorus seem to voice?  What aspect of Thebian society does the chorus represent?

What are Creons concerns? What does he value? What does he seem to especially hate?

How might the demands of Creon’s position influence his opinions?