Antigone Questions on Messenger
Antigone
What is Eurydice's role in Antigone and is her presence essential?
Eurydice is necessary to the plot of Antigone but her presence is not strictly speaking essential as the play could be staged with her offstage and only reported.
Antigone
Why does Sophocles use a messenger to describe events in Antigone instead of showing them directly?
Sophocles uses a messenger in "Antigone" to describe events rather than showing them directly, following Greek drama conventions where violence and death occur offstage for religious or ethical...