NOTE- this essay is about Sophocles' earlierst of the three Theban play called the Anitgone. the focus is on the character traits of the main chatacters of the play, most especially of antigone and creon. it begins with a general introduction the greek theatre of the time (the fifth and sixth centuries BC)giving an outline of what theatre meant to the people of ancient greece as well as what it meant to the writers themselves. it then carries on to take a close look at the main characters and their strengths and weaknesses. the antigone is an especially powerful story because of the main female character which is an unusual focus point in that time. it also takls a bit about weather or not the gods did favor her by making her a hero or weather they didnt by letting her die.
ESSAY- The fifth and sixth centuries before Christ where the beginnings of history and political theory, political democracy and of philosophical thought in ancient Greece. From architecture to theatre, the ancient Greek world has affected and sometimes dominated civilization since.
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