It is the pinnacle of Greek theatre and Sophocles, a budding young playwright, has written a new play entitled Antigone. ... The Choregus will be a Greek citizen randomly chosen by the Archon to be the financial backer who undertakes the expense of providing Sophocles with the necessary materials to produce his play. ... Once Sophocles is provided with these three elements from the Archon, he along with the lead actor will select two more males to perform in his play. Upon completion of this task, Sophocles will contact his three actors and Choregus in order to set up a series of practices ...

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In the ancient tragedy, Antigone, the Greek dramatist Sophocles presents a primary conflict that features a desperate struggle for dominance and challenges the blind justification of authorial power. ... The singularity of the tragedies of Sophocles is that they are self-contained. ... Perhaps so, but given the order in which the plays were written, might it not also be perceived that Sophocles interpreted Creon as more than a villain? ... Modern psychology was founded by a man whose most famous theory was inspired by another of Sophocles' works. ... Of the one hundred and twenty works ...

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Both Shakespeare and Sophocles clearly attack the conventional patriarchal biases that women are associated with tenderness and love. ... Sophocles' counterexample against the conventional biases of women being tender and loving is the main character Antigone in his play, Antigone. ... Both Shakespeare and Sophocles portray Lady Macbeth and Antigone as direct counterexamples against this stereotype-Lady Macbeth being a sinister, evil villain and Antigone being a fearless, heroic warrior. Both Shakespeare and Sophocles also challenge the other fundamental patriarchal bias that women are a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate