Discuss how a 5th century Greek audience might have viewed the character of Antigone and her actions and how it might have differed from a contemporary view.
Prompt Contemporary audiences of Sophocles’ Antigone tend to view the character Antigone as a heroine, but is this how Sophocles’ Athenian audience would have seen her? Discuss how a 5th century Greek audience might have viewed the character of Antigone and her actions and how it might have differed from a contemporary view. To answer … Read more