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... Can a classic tragedy such as Antigone be told with different characters, different characteristics, and different settings? ... How they shoose to put together the over story of Antigone is very impressive – in both versions.
Despite the vast differences between Sophocles and Anouilh’s version of the classic play, Antigone, the same structure, events and layout is echoed in both plays. ... Antigone, who is the daughter of Oedipus and niece of Creon, attempts to bury Polynices, despite Ismene’s advice not to. And in the end, Creon is left alone, with Antigone, Haemon, and Creon’s wife all dead.
The one factor that obviously cannot work if it was changed too drastically is Antigone’s motivation and the conflict of the story.
Approximate Word count = 550
Approximate Pages = 2.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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