Antigone Images Comparison Essay

Write a 1-2 page comparison of these two paintings. Since this is a scene that happens off stage in the play, we don’t have the author’s description to set the scene. Use what you know from the play to help you determine which picture you believe best captures the scene. Explain your choice.

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In the first painting of Antigone, the picture describes Antigone accordingly. The picture shows Antigone covering Polynice’s boy and showing away the ravens hovering over his body. The reason why the picture is a close depiction of what I imagined Antigone is due to the mere fact that she seems extremely concern over her dead brother and is fiercely shooing away the

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