Antigone In Electra

Electra (Sophocles) The blocking and emotion of a scene can completely change the audience’s response or even how they perceive the character as a person. This means that how an actor voices a line or a scene can make an incredible difference. It could mean the difference of the audience hating or loving a character, or a death having meaning or not. The impact a certain character makes can make or break a play. The emotion behind a scene can bring up or answer questions about a character and the motivation behind an action or event that they carry out. The importance of staging and its ability to answer character questions is demonstrated by the Electra plays.
For example, the character Chrysothemis from Electra by Sophocles is an extremely interesting character in that not much is …show more content…
But during this scene she implies that her loyalty is with her father because she is upset but is not courageous with her weeping and that she is pretending to follow her mother so she can live safe and comfortably until someone does something to bring justice to the situation. To further support her allegiance to her father is that when she believes she has found proof that Orestes has returned she over joyously comes to Electra where she rejoices that fact that not only is he alive but he can set them free. Immediately Electra informs her of his supposed demise and she says it up to the two of them to dole out justice to which Chrysothemis refuses instantly and claims they should just be happy with where they are and what they have; once again supporting her loyalty to her mom. But her commitment may not be with either her mother or her father she could just be loyal to Electra and is trying to keep her safe and as happy as possible. That would explain her trying to get Electra to pretend to love and support their mother when she