Characters the guards the three guardsmen are interpolations into the antigone legend, doubles for the rankandfile fascist collaborators or collabos of anouilh s day. Elaborating on this basic plot of the ancient greek play by sophocles antigon 441 b. Jai senti son amour par sa famille, jai senti sa peur, jai senti son estime pour hemon, jai senti son degout pour son oncle. Shut your hands, antigone, shut them tight and hold it back.
Antigone soustitree en arabe jean anouilh piece complete. Include a brief description and an illustration for each point of the plot diagram exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement. I laugh, creon, because i see suddenly what a transparent hypocrite you are. Jean anouilh antigone 2 personnages antigone, fille d. Its like water the young let it slip through their fingers without thinking. Youll see itll turn into something small and hard that you can sit and munch in the sun. When you import any of the activities below, you can choose to share these readymade characters with your students. Antigone is seen with, in turn, her nurse, her sis the staging of. Au lever du rideau, tous les personnages sont en scene. Antigone pdf ebook livre telecharger gratuit jean anouilh.
Monkeynotes study guide summaryantigone by jean anouilhfree. Jean anouilh adapted greek playwright sophocles antigone and paid homage to it by hitting most of the same story notes, but also made it his own by using it. Monkeynotes study guide summaryantigone by jean anouilh. The comparison is inevitable between the french occupation and the play, with the character of antigone representing the french resistance and her uncle creon the collarborators to the german occupie. Jean anouilh adapted greek playwright sophocles antigone and paid homage to it by hitting most of the same story notes, but also made it his own by using it as an inspiration for antinazi sentiment. Be sure to identify the key points that are essential in defining that specific act or scene. Antigone, and although anouilh carefully fol one, comments on them, and describes the fate. Et tuer votre pere et coucher avec votre mere et apprendre tout cela apres, avidement, mot par mot. Antigone rejects the ordinary concept of human happiness that creon accepts.
About antigone anouilh is a poet, but not of words. Clique ici pour lire le prologue dantigone le texte. Jean anouilh s tragedy inspired by greek mythology and the play of the same name by sophocles was first performed in paris during the nazi occupation. Twice married, he lived mainly in switzerland for the last thirty years of his life.
Jean anouilhs play antigone is a tragedy inspired by greek mythology and the play of the same name by sophocles. In english, it is often distinguished from its antecedent through its pronunciation french pronunciation. Choose four of your favorite characters from antigone and create a character map for each one. Thus the audi story to comment on france during the german ence knows immediately what is to happen and. The protagonist, a plain version of her sister, ismene. Pendant loccupation, jean anouilh continue decrire. It is you who have lost your way and dont know what to say.
Jean anouilhs version of antigone was written during the nazi occupation of france, and is about as extreme an example of political theatre as you will get. Jean anouilhs tragedy inspired by greek mythology and the play of the same name by sophocles was first performed in paris during the nazi occupation. Jean anouilh 191087 is regarded as one of frances bestknown dramatists. This ideal is highlighted in the debate between antigone and the king. Anouilh has created a fascinating version of antigone, but not one that i prefer to sophocles. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, anouilh is best known for his 1944 play antigone, an adaptation of sophocles classical drama, that was seen as an attack on marshal petains vichy government. Anouilh, antigone resume analyse detaille prologue et contexte duration. The cardplaying trio, made all the more mindless and indistinguishable in being grouped in three, emerges from a long stage tradition of the dullwitted police officer. The comparison is inevitable between the french occupation and the play, with the character of antigone representing the french resistance and her uncle creon the collarborators to the german. I am too far away from you now, talking to you from a kingdom you cant get into, with your quick tongue and your hollow heart.