Monday 10/24: Antigone with Trinity

Tonight we will be joined by Trinity Repertory Company Artistic Director Curt Columbus, and actors from the company. They will do a dramatic reading of scenes from Antigone, and join us for discussion.

Zoom link to join our 6pm class can be found here. If you are prompted for a passcode, it is 617803.

You can find the recording (including chat transcript) here. You can also watch/listen to the YouTube recording, which is posted below.

Read or view before class:

Sophocles, Burial at Thebes (Antigone)

Prepare or organize before class:

Review these handouts and ideas:

• Aristotle’s principles of tragedy

• ethical theory concept map

Look for in the play: think about Antigone's determination to give Polyneices a burial. What ethical commitments or values drive her resolve? How does her resolve drive the action of the play? Connect some of the technical ideas about drama and tragedy to elements of Antigone’s structure, plot, and themes.