Antigone: Home

Project:

You will create a brochure or PowerPoint about the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles.

Task:

• The brochure will include six panels/slides: 1) title, name, period, image 2) works cited 3) biographical info on Sophocles 4) Elements of Greek tragedy 5) Tragedy within Antigone 6) Literary analysis of Antigone.
• Use the Library resources below to assist you in the research process.
• NoodleTools will be used to document your works cited and consulted.

Library Digital Resources:

• Library Digital Resources:
  • The Play
    • Antigone (LitFinder -full play)
    • Antigone (MackinVia -audio recording)
  • Database Articles
    • Antigone -Bloom's Major Dramatists Sophocles (Bloom's Literature)
    • Antigone - Overview (Bloom's Literature)
    • Chorus in Greek Theater (Bloom's Literature)
    • Conventions of Greek Drama (Bloom's Literature)
    • Greek Tragedy (EBSCOHost)
    • Greek Tragedy - Definition (Gale Literature)
    • Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy (EBSCOHost)
    • An Introduction to Greek Tragedy (EBSCOHost)
    • Sophocles (Biography in Context)
    • Sophocles (Encyclopedia Britannica)

ELA-R II TEKS:

5 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. A) analyze isolated scenes and their contribution to the success of the plot as a whole in a variety of works of fiction; (B) analyze differences in the characters' moral dilemmas in works of fiction across different countries or cultures 

21 Research/Gathering Sources. (B) organize information gathered from multiple sources to create a variety of graphics and forms (e.g., notes, learning logs)

23 Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas. (E) uses a style manual (e.g., Modern Language Association, Chicago Manual of Style) to document sources and format written materials.