The Chorus Of Antigone

Title	The Chorus Of Antigone
# of Words	464
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.86

The Chorus of Antigone

     The chorus was not only a major part of Antigone, but also the most insightful portion of this play's cast.  The members of the chorus tell Creon and the audience very important truths about themselves.  Throughout the play the chorus comments on Creon's actions, and gives us all unbiased views on our hypocritical species.  Without a chorus Creon's epiphany may never have occurred and we wouldn't have, as easily, seen our personal flaws.  The chorus is included in a very effective manner, the chorus talks about death, love, and other unconquerable forces that humans eternally try to defeat, it shows the audience great futility and lets us see the problems we face throughout life.

     Creon changes greatly throughout the play, he starts as a best friend, or someone out to help the common man, but later in the play he becomes more and more ruthless as his power corrupts him.  At about the time his degradation reaches it's climax the chorus interrupts with a song about death, how man can control the most powerful of elements, and tame the wildest beast, yet death still comes.  He also learns through them some important things about love, especially that it is unconquerable.

     Through the chorus Creon begins to see that he is wrong and God is superior to himself, but it takes a lot to shake his belief that a pe...

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