Timeline:
1. Antigone speaks to her sister Ismene of burying their brother Polynices
2. Ismene wants to think about it before risking her life to bury him
3. Antigone does not listen to Ismene and steals her dress and lipstick. Antigone dresses up and goes to see Haemon.
4. Antigone goes to Haemon to see if he truly loves her or if it was a mistake. She also attempts to seduce in case she dies tomorrow.
5. Antigone and Haemon end up having a quarrel and Antigone runs away.
6. Antigone is hurt by what has happened and decides she has nothing to lose, so she buries Polynices by herself.
7. Antigone comes home very early in the morning and the nurse finds her.
Interesting stuff I found:
Antigone seems to have a problem with being straight forward. It seems as if she is constantly avoiding the truth. First we see this behavior repeatedly with the nurse, but then again when Antigone is speaking to Ismene on page ten. Ismene says to Antigone "Why do you insist upon talking about other things?" whenever she is asked a question. This type of dishonesty or deception could be a potential theme in the play.
I also began to tract the repetition I saw. We see the repetition with "waiting" first on page seven, then again with the word "ogle" on page eight. It seems as if Jean Anouilh uses a lot of repetition in his writing.
Lastly, I noticed a reference to an apple on page nine. In class we discussed how apples are a motif in the play and apples are used during live theater productions.
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