Antigone

Delve deeper into the Ancient Greek tragedy 'Antigone' in our two-minute animation voiced by Helen Skelton, and developed with The Open University's Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, Dr Jessica Hughes. Find out more about the characters in the classical Sophocles' play in the link below:
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[@ilyahyrule6275]

The two brothers fought each other because they decided to rule together and switch the position of power with each other after certain time. When it was polyneikes turn, his brother wouldn't let go of his power which is why they started fighting. This is another reason why it is unfair that polyneikes didn't get buried and his brother, eteokles, did. Eteokles didn't keep his promise and wanted all the power to himself whereas polyneikes fought for fairness.

[@seriousanouar8339]

Thank you I was wondering why they fought in the first place, your comment helped

[@tahamm5156]

Both brothers arranged to kill their father

[@hedwig7526]

@@tahamm5156 yes, that's another reason

[@hedwig7526]

@@tahamm5156 yes, that's another reason

[@rev.stephena.cakouros948]

Antigone may have spoken the greatest line in Greek theatre when boldly she asks Creon this question. "Can one man be the government"?

[@taekinuru2]

The weirdest bit about this story I think is that the gods are barely involved? Creon’s hubris dooming him is entirely of his making. And perhaps that’s interesting in and of itself.

[@daniellevy2272]

Sometimes, one can creat hell all by himself, where heaven can only come from G-D.
Perhaps that is the point

[@eon4071]

When you read the play the presence of god is there all right. The gods’ will mainly materialize through supernatural occurrences, like a sudden sandstorm that conceals Antigone from the guards’ eyes.

[@CardiniPanini]

​@@daniellevy2272 Wait, you're saying that this ancient Greek text is about the Christian God 😭😭😭??? Doesn't the Bible start in 0 AD/BC? Maybe my memory of history is loopy

[@TriviRocks]

This is Greek mythology. It has nothing to do with other gods than the ancient Greek ones.

[@sabrinamaldonado5331]

I am writing a essay about Antigone and this video really helped!

[@samuelnandyalyear9577]

I didn't attend two online english classes so I ended up here.....

[@starburststream2508]

same bro

[@sawyer716]

crayon

[@hsgame4088]

haha comedy 101

[@Satori-g4v]

LMFAO

[@Loveyourself21072]

XD

[@TheSaltydog07]

Creon

[@silvialogan9226]

For my BA in Classics and my MA in Classical Studies, I did not study Sophocles 'Antigone'. However, after watching this two minute video, now I realize how tragic this Greek play was.

[@TheSaltydog07]

Still is.

[@korijboyd]

what colour was the crayon???????????

[@starburststream2508]

yiğağağğağağağ

[@robertthomson1587]

We studied Antigone at school in parallel, in both English class and Classical Greek class. Such fun!

[@plipplopproductions4347]

What is it with the Greeks and death?

[@turtlesyay8381]

And incest too. Oepidus had children with his mother. Antigone was Creon's niece and Haimon (Creon's son) was betrothed to her.

[@kiltrofilms]

they were very aware of theyr own mortality, unlike us...

[@ammaelimla]

Triple kill, so GREEK MYTHOLOGY LIKE...

[@ValaHough]

That's life. Not different than the Sopranos.

[@fatuuaazzimani5576]

Oh my god , I have an exam tomorrow and it's about the Antigone 😂

[@fatuuaazzimani5576]

Thanks 🌺

[@IbrahimHerraz]

what about the last day of a condemned man

[@silvialogan9226]

Good luck in your exam! Are you doing an undergraduate degree at the Open University or studying somewhere else?

[@fatuuaazzimani5576]

@@IbrahimHerraz haaahaa and even the magic box 😂😂

[@yassiraykhlf5981]

Lol me too

[@promiseasae6105]

Thanks for this! Currently writing an essay on this.

[@Not_using-o6z]

In my theater class, we r learning Greek theatre and my teacher showed dis vid 2 my class!! :D

[@vinya_isinadaze]

this is some really lovely animation

[@mullemeck5015]

Got forced in school to read a book inspired by this piece of work, and here I am.

[@Ilovefoude2023]

Wait were are you from

[@funmaza3189]

What about polynieces death body?

[@teerthavyas4779]

im a year late but polynieces was buried by creon after obeying the blind prophet and before finding antigone dead

[@Abd..Haaa9e]

مررررررحباا بيكم صحااااااب لجييييهاااااويييي😂
أنا ABD Haaa9e

[@Hellnah-m6r]

😂😂😂 ba9i simanaaa

[@Abd..Haaa9e]

حافظ شي حاج

[@ryankyati01]

😂😂😂😂

[@cameronbell1164]

Helpful for reading chapter 3 in Either/Or. Thanks!

[@importantname]

only the living care what happens to the dead

[@DMHayes]

Ancient Greek civilisation, and pretty much every other, would tend to disagree.

[@annie-ym8up]

Creon said ✋🏻to Haemon

[@laracroft369]

Who’s antigone’s father and who is her uncle !? Im confused, who was Creaon or Oedipus

[@ahmedarabyabdelelnaiem9250]

Antigone's father is oedipus and her uncle is creon 🙂

[@yiwoon_cr8s]

And also Antigone's mother was also her grandma

[@greekcandlevideos4457]

We all got sent here by our drama teacher i guess

[@laurahughes1788]

Hi Morgan

[@korijboyd]

ahahahahahha

[@greekcandlevideos4457]

@@laurahughes1788 hello Laura

[@greekcandlevideos4457]

@JESSICA WYLIE Welcome to the land of shite

[@Ballesst]

ye

[@hibahope]

We Moroccans study this novel in the second year of high school for a regional exam💔

[@abeille...]

I'm in the play! Playing the messenger. :)

[@itsshaimaa515]

In Morocco, we have a test written at the end of the year. It is like the baccalaureate, and we have this book. Oh my God, I hate the French language

[@vergil_sssparda]

Only 1d left

[@itsshaimaa515]

@@vergil_sssparda yesss yarabe ieawna

[@vergil_sssparda]

@@itsshaimaa515 aminn

[@ryankyati01]

@@itsshaimaa515 hhh ki doweztii, ana 3ndi had l3amm :(

[@woonan7593]

poor ismene, she didn't want her sister to die and ends up losing her only closest family member

[@houssameasy03]

Yesteryear , i had an exam about it , But IN FRENCH

[@MandarChandavarkar-p8o]

omg

[@BattimentProducion]

Bro these poshes be dropping like flies bruv

[@angelq8y171]

😤😤😤 I didn't understand any thing from this story just that antigone wants to bury her brother.
I have test tomorrow plz help 😩😩

[@REDACTED11]

this is one of the worst tellings of Antigone ive ever heard of my life, its missing so many crucial details, Antigone cornered king Creon into condemming her to death, even though he tried to save her, because the burial of her brother wasnt something she sought out to do out of honor and respect to the gods, it was nothing but a pretext to end her life, as she had realized she was a product of incest. there are many more details missing from this video

[@ChillLemur]

I have regional exams tomorrow, What am I doing here?

[@TheSaltydog07]

Creon is Oedipus's brother-in-law.

[@hibahope]

The day after tomorrow I have a regional exam on the novel 💔

[@eirinitheodoridou6203]

I have studied Antigone in school from the ancient Greek script to modern Greek! Now i am studying Antigone as one of OU's modules of Arts and Humanities! There is something I will never understand though... Why this tragedy is named by Antigone's name and not Creon's?!😅

[@mk4-beast833]

good good

[@rodrigorosales4943]

teacher tkm

[@NotYukiii]

So what was the moral of the story I'm confused.

[@mahmoodali3334]

beware the rage of the Gods, there where wisdom comes

[@mahmoodali3334]

@Rina To prevent the deeds that make the Gods angry with you. This is considered wisdom by the Greek. Fear of their rage because bad things will happen if you make them angry

[@sweethoney4552]

the moral of the story is to honor the gods but it’s irrelevant to modern times so it can be interpreted as law versus morality. the law was that polyneikes be left behind (regardless of him honestly being the victim) and antigone honored her family more than the law. in perspective, its like people getting harsh punishment that is undeserving. greek mythology often shows victims appearing as villians like the story of medusa who was assaulted and made into a monster but this is far darker and dramatic

[@jesscorbin5981]

And why do people mention this in relation to incest?

[@adamzheng4362]

Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus, who accidentally married his mother, Jocasta, unknowingly.

[@jesscorbin5981]

@@adamzheng4362 Oh yeah, Oedipus, as in oedipus complex, haha right. Thanks Adam!

[@jayisgreg1787]

Real knee slapper here.

[@BbY1231]

Antigone was one of the first woman to slay

[@germ187]

So everyone in the royal family was related to each other? Wtf lol

[@limeadel303]

I mean ya but that’s not very far off from the English royal family anyways so

[@vanillabarrel7886]

The habsburg am i right.

[@Yaduu_vlog]

poli bro

[@Qzou7702]

Who’s here because of Hegel ? :)

[@screwthenet]

Was that a hot redhead lady I heard? lol o>O

[@662-z2g]

sw arijau

[@friulsaasytp9164]

Gaetano pappalardo

[@danelaromero7957]

we have roleplay

[@greekcandlevideos4457]

This makes no sense

[@yuinorth]

T9adaw l7olol hh

[@elbnar_9]

hahahahahahaha

[@shroomiehumnam]

Crayon

[@ZsongLee]

and also hymen

[@drakenailling4276]

womp womp

[@hibahope]

شفنا التلخيص بكاع اللغات و والو

[@caxias-o5j]

poor creonte ):

[@MuhammadYousuf-n9p]

forced to watch this garbage