Antigone Microlecture

     One thing from the microlecture that was really interesting to me was that Antigone was part of a trilogy of plays. The three plays focus on Oedipus, an Ancient Greek ruler, and his family. Antigone is the final part of these three plays and while Oedipus and his story is barely mentioned, the backstory is important in order to understand Antigone. In hindsight, I probably should have watched the microlecture before reading the first act of the play, as I was very confused as I really didn't understand what was happening and who all these people with impossible to pronounce names were.

    The story of Oedipus sounded intriguing, and when I have some free time (which seems unlikely in the next four years) I would like to read the first two plays. It would be interesting to see what themes or images run throughout the entire trilogy. One thing I came across while I was looking at these other plays was that Sophocles wrote Antigone first, which seemed strange given that it was the finale. I think it would be fascinating to see if there are hints that Sophocles worked backward while writing the plays.