Ismene And Antigone
In the lesson we explored the scene between Antigone and Ismene. When exploring the scene out main focus was recognizing the relationship between Antigone and her sister Ismene. We explored the characters practically by getting into pairs and reading the script together. Often me and my partner (Alex) would switch roles to see which we worked best with individually. I ended up playing the part of Ismene. We then shared these to the class, which was interesting to see how different pairs had interpreted the relationship between the two sisters. Alex and I discussed the difference in status between Antigone and Ismene, which also helped us break down how we were going to play our scene. We agreed that Antigone was a brave, strong character that wouldn't allow her sister to disprove her morals. Whilst Ismene was generally less determined and passionate about her beliefs for the gods, she wasn't afraid to let Antigone know how she felt about her plan to go against the law. I think that Ismene cares deeply about her sister and wants to protect her, we can tell this by the phrases "Dear sister" and "My poor sweet Antigone" however I think that Antigone interprets Ismene's kindness as a weakness. In total, I believe that the relationship between the sisters is a situation where Ismene depends on Antigone more than Antigone depends on her sister Ismene.
This scene links to the historical context that was shared throughout the lesson as we learnt that play writers would create characters that would try and be morally just (to do the right thing) but would be faced with challenges and make mistakes. This is like our protagonist Antigone- she dismisses her sisters care as disloyalty whilst trying to earn respect from the Gods.
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