2006-11-11 11:54:27 · 2 answers · asked by chiligurl254 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
What aspects didn't he represent? He was a playwright. He, like his comtemporaries, tried to show both sides. When we read Antigone, our modern sensibilites tell us that Antigone was right and that Creon was too rigid in his application of laws. However, the rule of law was still a new idea back then, and Athenian audiences wouldn't have just sided with Antigone or Creon. They would have seen that the conflict between the two tries to illustrate a)conflicts in real life and b) that balance may be the best resolution for those conflicts. That is still the best recipe for good theater, compelling conflict, with the truth the playwright hopes to illuminate residing somewhere in the middle of the two conflicting sides. And genuine tragedy, says Aristotle, is not a conflict between good and evil, but a conflict between two goods.
He composed over 120 plays. He wrote on all imaginable subjects. He created some important innovations in theatrical styles, including unorthodox uses of the Chorus. He represented his world as he saw it.
2006-11-11 12:07:06 · answer #1 · answered by Rico Toasterman JPA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Greek!
2006-11-11 19:59:24 · answer #2 · answered by carolinefordssuperbragirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋