Dramatic Techniques In Antigone

We started the exam by playing the game of “King Says” which I believe has a very close meaning behind the game which relates to our story of Antigone. We had to only do the things that the king says, and if the someone does something that the king did not say, then they will have to die in a dramatic way. Not only is it a good warm up activity, it also helps you learn more about how Antigone felt that she fulfilled her goal when she was finally disobeyed the king and buried her brother Polynices.

After that we then did the second warm up activity which was “Steal the law balloon from the blind king” where we have to steal the law balloon while avoiding getting hit by the power balloon that is controlled by the blindfolded king. I think this is a good representation on how King Creon in the play is blinded by the power he has which ended up making him lonely and miserable without any of his other family members.

In the first session of the examination, we had to get into groups of 3 or 4 and then I had to perform …show more content…
The Brechtian technique was designed for the audience to not just watch and enjoy but to also actually think about what the moral of the story is. The structure makes it easier to convey the moral of a story because the actors can break character and talk to the audience. Sometimes the actors can control the audience, and in this case of this play it is good because King Creon can control if the audience boos, claps or anything. Since the lack of time my group also could not perform the second activity as well, but the other groups were very good because they performed in the style of Brechtian theatre by using humour so that the audience do not get to into the play and really think more about the