HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Sophocles, Ismene, Divine Law
25 Mar 2014
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Stasima (plural) choral odes: stasimon (singular) first choral ode after the opening dance. In the opening strophe, we see man depicted as the strangest of things in nature. Man uses his own power to defeat the powers of nature. The antistrophe is a metrical repetition of the previous strophe. The continuation of the theme of technology in the first strophe. Man is able to use power to defeat the overpower forces of nature. This chorus is indicating the punishment of antigone for her defying the human laws. Antigone is the first of the theban tragedy that sophocles wrote. Sophocles did not present these three plays in the same year; they were presented in three different years. Oedipus at colonus depicts the death of oedipus and the dispute between the two brothers for the throne. The two brothers are killed, and creon assumes leadership of the throne.
