The Crowd and the Individual

Antigone

This thread traces how anticipated public judgment becomes an actual pressure on Antigone and Creon.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

Ismene Imagines the Crowd Ismene Imagines the Crowd from "Antigone". Ismene Imagines the Crowd Fear before exposure Ismene imagines thousands of eyes, jeers, spit, and torture.

Ismene Imagines the Crowd from "Antigone". Ismene Imagines the Crowd Fear before exposure Ismene imagines thousands of eyes, jeers, spit, and torture.

Ismene Imagines the Crowd Fear before exposure Ismene imagines thousands of eyes, jeers, spit, and torture. The individual overwhelmed She sees public force as too large for two young women to oppose. Her prediction explains why she initially refuses to help.

A Private Burial Discovered A Private Burial Discovered from "Antigone". A Private Burial Discovered The act becomes visible The guards catch Antigone covering Polynices in daylight.

A Private Burial Discovered from "Antigone". A Private Burial Discovered The act becomes visible The guards catch Antigone covering Polynices in daylight.

A Private Burial Discovered The act becomes visible The guards catch Antigone covering Polynices in daylight. Official attention follows They take her to Creon, making private defiance a matter of state. The movement from field to palace exposes her to public judgment.

The Palace Hears Her The Palace Hears Her from "Antigone". The Palace Hears Her Silence rejected Antigone tells Creon to open the doors and let everyone hear.

The Palace Hears Her from "Antigone". The Palace Hears Her Silence rejected Antigone tells Creon to open the doors and let everyone hear.

The Palace Hears Her Silence rejected Antigone tells Creon to open the doors and let everyone hear. An audience changes the stakes Her words make the contest impossible to contain as a family secret. The individual deliberately brings public scrutiny upon herself.

The Mob Presses In The Mob Presses In from "Antigone". The Mob Presses In The prediction realized A howling crowd gathers outside the palace and pushes toward the doors.

The Mob Presses In from "Antigone". The Mob Presses In The prediction realized A howling crowd gathers outside the palace and pushes toward the doors.

The Mob Presses In The prediction realized A howling crowd gathers outside the palace and pushes toward the doors. Creon acts under pressure He orders the palace emptied and guards stationed at the entrance. Public reaction helps make his earlier offer of secrecy impossible.

Silence After the Crowd Silence After the Crowd from "Antigone". Silence After the Crowd The city quiets The Chorus describes a great, sad stillness settling over Thebes.

Silence After the Crowd from "Antigone". Silence After the Crowd The city quiets The Chorus describes a great, sad stillness settling over Thebes.

Silence After the Crowd The city quiets The Chorus describes a great, sad stillness settling over Thebes. No public repair The survivors begin to forget the dead and mix up their names. The crowd’s noise ends, but its judgment has not produced understanding.

During the sisters’ first discussion

At noon on the day Antigone is arrested

During Antigone’s public refusal to be quiet

As the sentence is being carried out

After the royal deaths, as the play closes