Antigone | Essays and Criticism
- Storytelling as a Medium For Communicating Social Roles
In this essay, the author explores the device of storytelling in Antigone as it is used as a medium for communicating social roles.
- Patterns of Imagery in Anouilh’s Antigone
In this essay, the critic examines the differences in point of view between Antigone and her enemy Creon.
- Anouilh’s Antigone: An Interpretation
In the following essay, the author discusses the Truth in tragedy and compares Anouilh’s Antigone to Sophocles’s Antigone.
- Critical Review of Anouilh's Work
In this review of a 1956 revival of Anouilh’s play, the author examines the political nature of Antigone while offering a mixed appraisal of the work.
- Jean Anouilh: The Revival of Tragedy
In the following excerpt, the author examines a number of Anouilh’s plays, assessing the playwright’s facility with the tragedy genre.
- Critical Review of Anouilh's Work
Noted drama critic Krutch assesses a 1946 Broadway production of Anouilh’s Antigone, examining the parallels between the story and the German occupation of Paris, France, during the play’s initial run.
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