Social Context of Antigone

Question 1: What do we mean by the social context?- Social context means using social media. For example: mobile phones, facebook, snapchat, whatsapp, instagram

Question 2: How did people live at the time of Antigone?-They lived very religious, rules had to be obeyed and people had to be respectful and loyal to their religion. Men were higher class and women were looked as lower class citizens who were not allowed to vote and were seen as weak.

Question 3: Who was the target audience for the piece?- This is a mature and serious piece of theatre and was made for the community of Greece. It was religious for Greeks to go to the theatre.

Question 4: What were the needs values and beliefs of the target audience?- People believed it was okay for women to be treated incorrectly. People were told that you had to obey the king and his rules. It was a very religious place and people had to respect the rules in Greece. There was a lot of fighting that went on as well.

Question 5: How did this influence the themes and characters of Antigone?- This gave Sophocles an idea of including gender into the play (women were seen lower than men- men were more important) also the idea of war was included into the play.

Question 6; What have you found out about the social context of Antigone? Think about what was going on at the time that Sophocles wrote the play. I have found out that the play was very heartbreaking and wasn't just a silly comedic theatre show that was put together it was a serious story that has actually been based on things that had happened in Greece in the time of Sophocles.

Question 7: Who went to the theatre?- Everybody who wanted to to, it was seen as religious.

Question 8; What was the relationship between theatre, politics and religion? Theatre was seen as religious. Theatre was a way of showing people how the community was and also a way to show them what was serious in Greece at that time.

This is useful information for our class as it has taught us how people acted in Greece and therefore we could develop it into our acting so we can relate and understand the place and community our character came from.