Antigone Journal 2

Timeline:

·        Ismene and Antigone question burying Polynices.

·        Antigone decides to bury Polynices.

·        Antigone visits Heamon dressed in Ismene’s belongings to figure out whether Haemen loves her or is just marrying her because she is a women.

·        Haemon mocks Antigone, who gets upset. They argue until Antigone leaves.

·        Antigone wakes up to bury Polynices.

·        Antigone arrives early in the morning to find the Nurse worried about where she was.

·        Antigone does not directly tell the Nurse where she was, and lies to the Nurse by stating she was meeting a lover to hide the fact she buried Polynices. The Nurse gets upset, so Antigone said she was lying, and that she did not do anything that should be cried about.

·        Antigone makes the Nurse promise to take care of her dog.

·         Haemon visits Antigone and makes up for their argument. Antigone believes that Haemon loves her, and tells him that she is to die. Once she tells him this she makes him leave immediately.

·         Antigone tells Ismene that she buried Polynices

Antigone Journal 1

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 I would set up the seen as intended, except I would at first keep the scene equally lighted, but then slightly dim the stage and cast a spotlight on the characters described. Everyone would be moving and interacting with anyone in their groups, but once the individual descriptions begin, every character freezes except the ones described at the moment. The freeze/movement will alternate between characters. Each actor would embody the description stated by behaving in their character's manner. As each character is being described, Chorus will be standing in front of the characters with a dimmer spot light on him. Chorus will be underneath an arch, walking and pointing towards each character when he describes them. Chorus's voice will also be used to describe the manner of each character: for Creon Chorus's voice will be strong.

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The stage is going to darken more in order to create a large contrast between the spotlight on Chorus, and the stage. While the spotlight is on Chorus, the characters will leave promptly and quietly one by one. Once all the characters have left, Chorus will leave through the left arch and the spotlight will turn off.

BNW Journal 2

’Observe,” said the Director triumphantly, “observe.” Books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks-already in the infant mind these couples were compromisingly linked; and after two hundred repetitions of the same or a similar lesson would be wedded indissolubly. What man has joined nature is powerless to put asunder.

            “They’ll grow up with what the psychologists used to call an ‘instinctive’ hatred of books and flowers. Reflexes unalterably conditioned. They’ll be safe from books and botany all their lives.” The Director turned to his nurses. “Take them away again.”” (22)

            One of the main reasons this passage is significant, is the establishment in the reader’s minds that the society is eliminating any sources that could cause opinions or individualism. The society wants to eliminate books, flowers and things that could separate an individual from the masses that the society tries to establish. In order to eliminate these potential threats, the society conditions people to instinctively hate them: “books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks”. These repeating consequences from interacting with the sources condition the kids to believe that these sources lead to something fearful. The consequences create a growing belief that if one stays away from these “threatening” sources then “they’ll be safe”. This conditioning allows the society to eliminate the potential for opinions and individualism to arise. The conditioning is essential for every citizen, enabling the citizen’s equality amongst each other. Equality is the primary importance in the society and by eliminating anything that may threaten this mental equality; it creates a mass of mentally identical people. By the society controlling the citizen’s view certain aspects of life, the society strengthens its superiority over the citizens.