Barring the fact, that Antigone’s argument for burying Polynecies body is the same in both of the texts. In the Jean Anouilh version, you see Antigoner’s real colors when she is brought upon Creon by the guards after she is caught trying to bury the rotting body of Polynecies. Her character can be understandable by reading the story since it is based on her. Antigone motives and understanding of the situation are the same, though much of her characteristics do differ among the two plays. You see thing main thinking of Jean Anouilh, is that he takes Sophocles’ drama, grinds it down the very main idea of Antigone, and the next thing you know is that a new (but yet similar) story has appeared.

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He is the main person who is known for Greek styled plays. He puts in a flaw in just about every main character. Sophocles is the play writer who is the person who is known for his style of a Greek tragic play. I do think the most interesting difference is the change in the main character, Antigone Antigone herself is the main production of these two plays. Itr’s almost like a remake but minor details being the only difference. Both of them also made sure Antigone be faced with the penalty of death to reflect the attitudes and the actions that unfold in the old days. The characters in the plays are generally constant between the two versions. Both of the playwrights have the same storyline, about a girl named Antigone (the main character), who defies her uncle, Creon, who also happens to be the king of Thebes. This is a book you should really attempt to compare with the original Greek tragedy Antigone, by Sophocles and the Jean Anouilh version, (Which is the more modern one) about the whole plot of the story and characters.

Just to see how different the characters are, to see a similar storyline but it is played out differently. Reading the two versions of the tragedy of Antigone, it was a really interesting experience.

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