BY KIYAN HARRIS
The theater department never seems to disappoint when it comes to the quality of a performance -- even when that performance is a modernized, dystopian, post-apocalyptic Greek tragedy.
Antigone is the story of a girl whose brothers were caught on opposite sides of a civil war, with both dying on the battlefield. The body of the brother on the losing side is to be left in the battlefield, without proper burial. Then, in an effort to honor her brother on the wrong side of the war, Antigone breaks the law and buries him anyway.
This act outrages Antigone's uncle, ruler of Thebes, Creon. When he finds out, he condemns Antigone of treason, and sentences her to be locked in a cave and left there to starve. Creon is only doing what he thinks is right, just as Antigone is. Creon wants to punish his nephew for his wrongs, even after his death, to prove a point to the people of Thebes. But his point comes with a hefty price, just as Antigone's does. For Creon, the cost is the death of both his son and wife, while Antigone's cost is her own life.
Antigone is a story about the difference between right and wrong. It's about sticking with beliefs, even when there will be consequences. The most memorable moment in the play is when Antigone is locked in the cave and the Chorus are telling her what she is guilty of: passion, youth, and pride. Still, even with these things, Antigone says that she accepts them and wouldn't change it even knowing she's going to die. Antigone is a beautiful and powerful play, and the theater department's spin on the classic story did it much justice.
The theater department never seems to disappoint when it comes to the quality of a performance -- even when that performance is a modernized, dystopian, post-apocalyptic Greek tragedy.
Antigone is the story of a girl whose brothers were caught on opposite sides of a civil war, with both dying on the battlefield. The body of the brother on the losing side is to be left in the battlefield, without proper burial. Then, in an effort to honor her brother on the wrong side of the war, Antigone breaks the law and buries him anyway.
This act outrages Antigone's uncle, ruler of Thebes, Creon. When he finds out, he condemns Antigone of treason, and sentences her to be locked in a cave and left there to starve. Creon is only doing what he thinks is right, just as Antigone is. Creon wants to punish his nephew for his wrongs, even after his death, to prove a point to the people of Thebes. But his point comes with a hefty price, just as Antigone's does. For Creon, the cost is the death of both his son and wife, while Antigone's cost is her own life.
Antigone is a story about the difference between right and wrong. It's about sticking with beliefs, even when there will be consequences. The most memorable moment in the play is when Antigone is locked in the cave and the Chorus are telling her what she is guilty of: passion, youth, and pride. Still, even with these things, Antigone says that she accepts them and wouldn't change it even knowing she's going to die. Antigone is a beautiful and powerful play, and the theater department's spin on the classic story did it much justice.