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The Chorus introduces each character and explains Creon's prohibition against burying Polynices.
PrologueAntigone sneaks inside; the nurse scolds her; Ismene pleads with Antigone not to defy Creon's edict.
Part 1 (Early Morning)Antigone declares her enduring love to Haemon, then tells him they can never marry.
Part 2 (Meeting with Haemon)Creon learns someone has tried to bury Polynices; the Chorus announces the inevitability of tragedy.
Part 4 (Chorus)The guards catch Antigone attempting to bury Polynices; they bring her to Creon.
Part 5 (Mid-Afternoon)To make Antigone give up burying Polynices, Creon begs, reasons, and threatens.
Part 6 (The Daughter of Oedipus)Creon nearly persuades Antigone to forget Polynices; but when he tells her to be happy, she rebels.
Part 7 (One Last Appeal)Haemon joins the Chorus in condemning Creon's decision to put Antigone to death.
Part 8 (What Have You Done?)In an unfinished letter to Haemon, Antigone admits she doesn't know what she is dying for.
Part 9 (In Her Prison Cell)The audience learns Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice have killed themselves; Creon returns to work.
Part 10 (Late Afternoon)| Part | Summary |
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| Prologue | The set is plain, usually a bare stage with three entrances. The actors wear evening clothes. The Chorus tells us that t... Read More |
| Part 1 (Early Morning) | In the early morning, as suggested by the lighting, the action of the play begins. Antigone tries to sneak inside past t... Read More |
| Part 2 (Meeting with Haemon) | Haemon arrives while Antigone is still talking to the nurse, who exits. He has come to make up after an argument they ap... Read More |
| Part 3 (Later That Day) | The lighting indicates late morning. Creon stands on the stage, and the page brings in Private Jonas, one of the three g... Read More |
| Part 4 (Chorus) | At mid-afternoon the Chorus appears onstage. He says, "the spring is wound up tight" and "the tragedy is on." He goes on... Read More |
| Part 5 (Mid-Afternoon) | Antigone enters in the clutches of the three guards. They don't know her identity and don't care. As Private Jonas says,... Read More |
| Part 6 (The Daughter of Oedipus) | Once Creon determines Antigone really is guilty as charged, he tries to understand her motive. She says she owes Polynic... Read More |
| Part 7 (One Last Appeal) | Creon continues to insist that Antigone's stand is meaningless, and he plays his ace card to prove it. He tells Antigone... Read More |
| Part 8 (What Have You Done?) | The Chorus now pleads with Creon to have mercy on Antigone for the good of the people: "We shall carry the scar of her d... Read More |
| Part 9 (In Her Prison Cell) | In her cell, realizing that Private Jonas is the last face she will see, Antigone asks about his life. After a while she... Read More |
| Part 10 (Late Afternoon) | The play rapidly winds down in the final scene. In late afternoon a messenger announces he has news for the queen. Befor... Read More |
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