@Even though Jean Anouilh has the same plot and characters as the original Antigone, he has written the story for his time with a different meaning. Anouilh’s adaptation does not follow the same fate or religion shown in Sophocles’ version. I will be discussing the differences between these two stories starting with the chorus, the dialogue between characters, and the personalities of the characters themselves.
@The first major difference a reader can see right away between Sophocles and Anouilh 's version of Antigone is their different takes on the chorus. Though both use the Chorus as a character who either converses with characters, or makes remarks that go unheard to any character. Either way the Chorus is a major character to both stories, …show more content…
She is a character that doesn 't get to develop her beliefs or give reason to her actions. With that, the reader doesn 't get a solid answer about why she has to bury her brother or how she has accepted that if she tries to bury him she will die. When Creon and Antigone argue over burying Polynices, Creon questions her logic and all she says is, “No one. Myself,” (Anouilh 35). After that they just quarrel and she doesn 't explain herself beyond that. With the character Creon, he is more of a character who feels that his actions are justified. He doesn 't repent for his actions, he instead goes back to his duties and moves on, even though he has just heard that his son and wife have killed themselves because of his actions. At the end of the play Creon and his Page discuss that at five o’clock has a Privy Council and that they better be off, (Anouilh …show more content…
His version had logic and reason for each action that was given to the reader. Each character was given emotion and proper reactions to the horrific things that were happening around them. Anouilh’s adaptation was straight to the point and no character, with the exception of Creon, development. Though Sophocles was difficult to read compared to Anouilh 's, it 's better because it showed that time period that not only was it written in but when the story was actually taking place in. To close, I have the differences between these two stories starting with the chorus, the dialogue between characters, and the personalities of the characters
@The first major difference a reader can see right away between Sophocles and Anouilh 's version of Antigone is their different takes on the chorus. Though both use the Chorus as a character who either converses with characters, or makes remarks that go unheard to any character. Either way the Chorus is a major character to both stories, …show more content…
She is a character that doesn 't get to develop her beliefs or give reason to her actions. With that, the reader doesn 't get a solid answer about why she has to bury her brother or how she has accepted that if she tries to bury him she will die. When Creon and Antigone argue over burying Polynices, Creon questions her logic and all she says is, “No one. Myself,” (Anouilh 35). After that they just quarrel and she doesn 't explain herself beyond that. With the character Creon, he is more of a character who feels that his actions are justified. He doesn 't repent for his actions, he instead goes back to his duties and moves on, even though he has just heard that his son and wife have killed themselves because of his actions. At the end of the play Creon and his Page discuss that at five o’clock has a Privy Council and that they better be off, (Anouilh …show more content…
His version had logic and reason for each action that was given to the reader. Each character was given emotion and proper reactions to the horrific things that were happening around them. Anouilh’s adaptation was straight to the point and no character, with the exception of Creon, development. Though Sophocles was difficult to read compared to Anouilh 's, it 's better because it showed that time period that not only was it written in but when the story was actually taking place in. To close, I have the differences between these two stories starting with the chorus, the dialogue between characters, and the personalities of the characters