Ali Field

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Antigone Journal #1

            Anouilh uses the chorus to act as the parados in Antigone. The chorus describes past events such as thinking about the fact that “she is going to die” (3). The chorus also nonchalantly tells the audience what the play is going to be about such as “[Antigone] is about to rise up alone against Creon, her uncle, the King” (3). The description is not really foreshadowing because the chorus does not hint at what is to come, he completely spoils the end, leaving no surprises, including climatic scenes such as “[Antigone] is going to die” (3) and that she “wasn’t meant to hold a husband” (4). The chorus being so blatantly clear about the plot of the play creates a pathos for Antigone because we know her future of being doomed to death even though she does not.