ASSIGNMENT:

 

In groups of 4 or 5 you will need to present a scene from Antigone.  Your job is to pick a scene that you felt could have been more vivid, or a scene you particularly liked, and contemporize it.  You have 6 minutes in total to present your scene (3 minutes) AND explain to the audience why you made the choices that you made and how the scene you have presented stays true to the Greek concept of tragedy (3 minutes).  Every person must play a part and every person must participate in the analysis of the scene.

 

ROLES:

 

Each student needs to participate in rewriting the scene to make it more palpable for a contemporary audience.  Still, someone will need to write the script, including the oral analysis interjections (see below), so we’ll call this person the PLAYWRITE.  Somebody else must design the stage set, so we’ll call this person the SET DESIGNER.  Somebody else will be responsible for obtaining all the necessary props, so we’ll call this person the PROPS GEEK.  Lastly, someone will need to be responsible for loose ends, organizing the troop, establishing dead-lines, and helping each “department” reach those deadlines.  This person is called a PRODUCER.  Each role is FACILITATED by an individual, but, and this is very important, the whole group is responsible for cooperating and working together to complete this assignment.

 

GRADE:

 

Per usual I will be grading you with a rubric.  Each group member will receive an individual grade for their oral analysis and this will be averaged in with the group grade for the skit.

 

ORAL ANALYSIS INTERJECTIONS:

 

The following choices must be explained:  Setting, character’s appearance, character’s dialogue, events.  You may chose to use a freeze-frame technique where a character can step out of their role and explain their motivations and how their actions / words are in tune with the concept of Greek tragedy as portrayed in Antigone.  You may also choose to have a narrator.  The narrator can introduce the scene and explain the significance of the setting and call out “freeze-frame” to ensure the continuity of the skit.  However you chose to do it, each person must help explain the significance of your interpretation of this Greek tragedy.