With detailed reference to the following passages from Sophocles and Anouilh, discuss how the meaning of the text is affected by the different performance codes of ancient Greek drama and twentieth-century realist theatre: Sophocles, Antigone, line 1192 ‘What do you make of this?’ to line 1241 ‘with wounds still fresh’ (pp. 95–97) and Jean Anouilh, Antigone, p. 58 ‘The queen! Where’s the queen?’ to p. 60 ‘But if you don’t do it, who will?’.

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With detailed reference to the following passages from Sophocles and Anouilh, discuss how the meaning of the text is affected by the different performance codes of ancient Greek drama and twentieth-century realist theatre: Sophocles, Antigone, line 1192 ‘What do you make of this?’ to line 1241 ‘with wounds still fresh’ (pp. 95–97) and Jean Anouilh, Antigone, p. 58 ‘The queen! Where’s the queen?’ to p. 60 ‘But if you don’t do it, who will?’.
In your answer, you should devote approximately 1000 words to analysis of how the passages employ language and dramatic techniques. This analysis should be integrated within a wider discussion of both plays, so that your essay forms one coherent argument.
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Discuss the significance of power relationships in the Antigone dramas of Sophocles and Anouilh with reference to Sophocles, Antigone, line 45 ‘Ah! Think, sister, how our father died’ to line 77 ‘if you don’t proclaim it to everyone!’ and Anouilh, Antigone, p. 11 ‘We can’t do it!’ to p. 13 ‘Don’t you want to live then?’.
In your answer, you should devote approximately 1000 words to analysis of how the passages employ language and dramatic techniques. This analysis should be integrated within a wider discussion of both plays, so that your essay forms one coherent argument.

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