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    The document summarizes the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. It tells the story of King Creon of Thebes who refuses to allow Polynices, one of the brothers who killed each other, to be buried. His niece Antigone defies Creon's order and buries her brother. Creon sentences her to death. In the end, Creon's son Haemon and his wife commit suicide after Antigone's death, fulfilling the prophecy that Creon's actions would destroy his family. The summary is presented as scenes from a dramatization of the trial of Antigone.

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    SHORT DRAMATIC POEM ON ANTIGONE BY CHARMAINE R.SMITH

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    Death Becomes Him

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    The document summarizes the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. It tells the story of King Creon of Thebes who refuses to allow Polynices, one of the brothers who killed each other, to be buried. His niece Antigone defies Creon's order and buries her brother. Creon sentences her to death. In the end, Creon's son Haemon and his wife commit suicide after Antigone's death, fulfilling the prophecy that Creon's actions would destroy his family. The summary is presented as scenes from a dramatization of the trial of Antigone.

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    KC Was Angry, KC Was Mad KC Decided To Call Good, Bad He Brought Down The House of Thebes With His Deeds

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    The document summarizes the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. It tells the story of King Creon of Thebes who refuses to allow Polynices, one of the brothers who killed each other, to be buried. His niece Antigone defies Creon's order and buries her brother. Creon sentences her to death. In the end, Creon's son Haemon and his wife commit suicide after Antigone's death, fulfilling the prophecy that Creon's actions would destroy his family. The summary is presented as scenes from a dramatization of the trial of Antigone.

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    DRAMATIS PERSONAE/GROUP MEMBERS

    CHARMAINE R. SMITH

    CLAUDETTE HEPBURN

    RASHIEKA HEAT

    DANIELLE STONE

    KIMBERLY EDWARDS

    Act 1 Greek Chorus

    DEATH BECOMES HIM

    (The story of King Creon {KC})

    THE TWO BROTHERS DECIDED TO FIGHT

    THEY BATTLED ALL DAY, THEY BATTLED ALL NIGHT

    THEY KILLED EACH OTHER AND MURDERED LAW AND ORDER

    THE KING, OLD AND BOLD, BURIED ONE SOUL Claudette

    THE OTHER HE LEFT TO ROT, RITES UNTOLD

    HE THREATENED WITH DEATH, THE ONE TO DEFY HIM

    AND SO BEGAN THE WOE THAT CONTINUALLY DOGGED HIM

    CHORUS:ALL

    KC WAS ANGRY, KC WAS MAD

    KC DECIDED TO CALL GOOD, BAD

    HE BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE OF THEBES WITH HIS DEEDS

    UNABLE TO BEAR THE AGONY OF ONE BROTHER’S DEMISE

    HIS NIECE ANTIGONE WITH HER SISTER ISMENE

    DID CONSPIRE AND A PLAN SHE DID DEVISE

    TO DEFY AN OLD MAN AND BURY POLYNICES

    BUT ISMENE WOULD NOT BE SWAYED charmaine

    AND ARGUED THAT A KING MUST BE OBEYED

    SO ALONE SHE SPRINKLED HIS BODY, NOW BLUE

    AND SO WAS DISCOVERED AND SO GOT CAUGHT

    THE PRICE SHE WOULD PAY AND ISMENE TOO


    CHORUS ALL

    FOR WHEN KC GOT ANGRY KC GOT MAD

    KC DECIDED HE’D CALL GOOD, BAD

    HE’D BRING DOWN THE HOUSE OF THEBES WITH HIS DEEDS

    THE PROPHET WAS BLIND BUT HIS EARS WERE KEEN

    HE KNEW DEATH PLANNED TO VISIT THE HOUSE OF THEBES

    PLANNED TO CLAIM CREON’S SON HAEMON AND HIS QUEEN Rashieka

    SO HE WARNED KING CREON TO BURY THE HATCHET FAST

    AS THE GODS WERE ANGRY AND THEIR MERCY WOULD’T LAST

    CHORUS: ALL

    FOR WHEN THE GODS GOT ANGRY THEY GOT MAD

    THEY KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD

    CREON’S WORST FEARS WERE SOON REALISED

    AFTER HIS HALF HEARTED ATTEMPTS TO SAVE ANTIGONE

    ENDED IN BITTER AND ABJECT DISHARMONY

    A PROUD KING WAS LEFT PARALYSED Danielle

    AS THE FATES CLOSED THE GATES

    ON A TYRANT STATE

    (By CharmaineSmith)

    Act2 Scene 1: Courtroom: Antigone (Ras), Defence (Charmaine),

    Defence Counsel opening remarks for Antigone

    Antigone is on the witness stand (in her unsworn testimony)

    Scene3: Rebuttals (Danielle & Kim)

    Prosecutors (Highlight short comings of the theories)They may cross examine the Defendant

    Scene 4 (Claudette)

    Judgement (Underscores Natural Law Theories)

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