Antigone help?

Question

What is the role of the chorus in Antigone? To what extant do they influence the action of the play, and to what extant do they simply comment upon it or serve as a barometer of public opinion

i cant answer this question i need it for honors language arts if i don't turn it in i get kicked out

Answer 1

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Antigone by Sophocles

Study Guides:

These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions. Here is a short extract of what you can expect from the summaries.


http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmAntigone02.asp

http://www.bookrags.com/notes/ant/

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/antigone/

http://www.novelguide.com/antigone/index.html

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Oedipus-Trilogy.id-100,pageNum-2.html

Additional Resources:

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=330
http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/bates017.html
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001172.shtml

Answer 2

"The Chorus, who ultimately enters a spotlight, also recounts the events leading to Antigone's story and introduces all of its players under the sign of fatality. They have come to play their roles and, if such is their fate, die. The Chorus is omniscient, narrating the characters' thoughts: their roles, already predestined, should be self-evident, even if the reason they come to doom is ultimately not. Thus the Chorus traces each character's fate. Antigone is here to rebel and die; Creon is the unwilling king; Eurydice's role is but to die in her room; the guardsmen emblematicize the common rank-and-file. Importantly, it also establishes a key contrast between the two sisters: Ismene the full-figured beauty and Antigone the scrawny, sullen brat."

Answer 3

The role that they play is basically the townspeople/their decision. They're split into two groups: For&Against Creon's rule/decision. Or, For and Against Antigone. I can't really answer the last two questions though. Goodluck with your homework/whatever your needing this for!

Answer 4

You can find some basic info at:

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Oedipus-Trilogy.id-100,pageNum-85.html