they kiss and make out
to tell her about her plan to bury her brother
Antigone and Ismene are the first two characters to appear on the stage in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene are sisters. They gather outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. Their conversation sets the pace for the rest of the play's action.
One brother is buried and the other not is what happens to Antigone's and Ismene's family in the prologue to "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Theban sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene meet outside the main entrance to the royal palace. Antigone needs to let her sister know what is happening now that the first civil war over the Theban royal succession is over. She refuses to stand idly by while their brother Polyneices's body is denied the below ground burial that is a divine guarantee for all Thebans.
Outside the royal palace of Thebes is the setting when the play "Antigone" begins.Specifically, the scene takes place in the open space before the front entrance to the royal palace. The time is daybreak. The first two characters that the reading and viewing audiences meet are Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene, orphaned daughters of the tragically incestuous previously reigning royal couple and nieces of current Theban King Creon.
The meeting of the two sisters is what happens first in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene meet outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. The final battle of the first civil war over the Theban royal succession occurs the day before. But the event takes place before the opening of the play and therefore does not count as the play's very first event.
to tell her about her plan to bury her brother
Antigone and Ismene are the first two characters to appear on the stage in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene are sisters. They gather outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. Their conversation sets the pace for the rest of the play's action.
One brother is buried and the other not is what happens to Antigone's and Ismene's family in the prologue to "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Theban sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene meet outside the main entrance to the royal palace. Antigone needs to let her sister know what is happening now that the first civil war over the Theban royal succession is over. She refuses to stand idly by while their brother Polyneices's body is denied the below ground burial that is a divine guarantee for all Thebans.
The conversation between the two sisters is what happens first in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene meet outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. Antigone initiates the meeting. She has it in mind to bury her the unburied body of their brother Polyneices and seeks her sister's help.
Inside the royal palace of Thebes is where Creon passes the non-burial law in the play "Antigone" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, in the Prologue, Theban Princess Antigone talks with her sister Ismene about the non-burial edict already passed by their uncle, Theban King Creon. The passage takes place inside the palace. But it is just outside the palace that Antigone discusses the edict in order not to be heard by others. It is also just outside the palace that later in the day Creon will make a public proclamation for those not yet in the know, in Episode 1.
Outside the royal palace of Thebes is the setting when the play "Antigone" begins.Specifically, the scene takes place in the open space before the front entrance to the royal palace. The time is daybreak. The first two characters that the reading and viewing audiences meet are Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene, orphaned daughters of the tragically incestuous previously reigning royal couple and nieces of current Theban King Creon.
The meeting of the two sisters is what happens first in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene meet outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. The final battle of the first civil war over the Theban royal succession occurs the day before. But the event takes place before the opening of the play and therefore does not count as the play's very first event.
The main doors and outside wall of the palace and a clearing are what is needed for historically accurate scenery in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, all action happens outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. Characters leave the palace and go back inside. Outside the entrance lies a clearing space for citizens to gather and await a royal audience.
The royal palace of Thebes is where Antigone lives in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is the direct descendant of Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king. She is engaged to Prince Haemon, her first cousin and the son and heir apparent of reigning King Creon. She and her sister Ismene live with the royal household because they are orphans under the protection of Creon, their mother's brother and their father's brother-in-law and uncle.
It is along the path from the Theban royal palace to a remote cave outside the city that Antigone gives her big speech before her death in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone exits from her home, the Theban royal palace. She is escorted by guards to the cave where she is to buried alive and starved to death. She shares her feelings about Creon, her family and the gods along the way.
The Theban royal palace, just outside the palace's main entrance and inside a remote cave are where "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) takes place.Specifically, plays in ancient Greece are supposed to present a problem that is resolved in one main location within a 24-hour period. Events at other places and times may be referenced through the announcements of messengers, the conversations of the characters, and the observations of the chorus. In the case of "Antigone," the story takes place outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace on the day after the end of the civil war over the royal succession.
A remote cave outside Thebes is the place where Antigone dies in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone receives the death sentence for breaking a recently issued royal edict. She is supposed to die outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. But her uncle, King Creon, changes the penalty from death by being pelted by stone-throwing Thebans to by being buried alive.