Antigone Journal 10

"Antigone" starts out with the chorus giving a short intorduction on the characters of the play and what they are going to do. They then give a brief backstory to the play, describing how the two brothers killed eachother in a civil war. Creon then makes it illegal for anyone to give Polynices any type of burial. Regardless Antigone breaks the law and gives Polynices a religious burrial. By describing what each character will do in the play before it started Anouilh removes the sense of surprise, this allows readers to focus more on what is being said rather than what is happening. Learning about the characters early on creates a bias toward the characters.