Antigone is sitting alone, while Haemon and Ismene are dancing
Haemon proposes to Antigone
Eurydice is seen knitting
Etocles and Polynices kill each other (? it is told that this happened, but the timing is unclear)
Creon orders that Polynices will not be given a burial, the body is shown, and anyone who buries him will be a traitor.
(Unclear amount of time in between events)
Antigone goes to see Haemon in the nighttime, they have an argument
Antigone buries her brother
Reflection:
Jean Anoulih does not tell the events of the play in the chronological order. For instance, the audience is only informed that Antigone buries Polynices after learning that she has been out for the night and has been with Haemon, and even after there is a dialogue between Antigone and her sister about whether or not the body should be buried. The effect of using this technique muddles the perception of the events, and to a lesser extent the motivations of the characters. It resembles taking a photograph. At first, some of the images are in the picture, but it is all fuzzy and unfocused. I am guessing that throughout the story, the lenses will be shifted so to speak, and the picture will become sharper and more focused. Most of the images, or in this case characters, are somewhat present, but it is hard to discern what is actually being seen.
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