Stage 1 English

Critical Perspectives – Antigone

Plot Summation
Objective: Interpreting and summarizing events in a literary work.

Activity: A summary is a brief restatement of key events and ideas in your own words. It can be a useful tool in
preventing you from getting lost in a myriad of details, thus helping you see the big picture. After each part of the play
(indicated below) record a few sentences that reveal the key events and ideas for that section. Make note of any important
quotes too.

Typical Structure of a Tragedy

1. Prologue: A monologue or dialogue preceding the entry of the chorus, which presents the tragedy's topic.
2. Parodos (Entrance Ode): The entry chant of the chorus, they remain on stage throughout the remainder of the play.
Although they wear masks, their dancing is expressive, as conveyed by the hands, arms and body.

Typically the parode and other choral odes involve the following parts, repeated in order several times:

1. Strophê (Turn): A stanza in which the chorus moves in one direction (toward the altar).
2. Antistrophê (Counter-Turn): The following stanza, in which it moves in the opposite direction.
3. Scene / Episode: There are several scenes (typically 3-5) in which one or two actors interact with the chorus. They are,
at least in part, sung or chanted. Each episode is terminated by a stasimon:
4. Ode / Stasimon (Stationary Song): A choral ode in which the chorus may comment on or react to the preceding episode.
5. Exodos (Exit Ode): The exit song of the chorus after the last episode.

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