Mon bac français en poche - Antigone de Jean Anouilh

A play to see, or read, to explore the theme of "Personal Crisis, Family Crisis: Family Tragedies" for the French Baccalaureate exam. In 1944, Jean Anouilh's play was performed for the first time. The play, which deals with rebellion against authority, caused a sensation while France was still under German occupation. Jean Anouilh takes a Greek myth and transposes the story to the contemporary world: the language used is modern, and the play contains anachronisms, such as when the characters refer to "cars" or "postcards." Jean Anouilh also subverts certain conventions of Greek theater, for example, by inventing actual characters who embody the prologue and the chorus. The crux of the story revolves around the struggle between morality and politics. Antigone embodies relentless determination; she represents the revolt against the order established by her uncle. She's a character who refuses compromise, but this determination sometimes borders on stubbornness. Due to the historical context, the play has often been given a political meaning, as Antigone embodies disobedience at a time when France had a growing number of resistance fighters. To help you with your French Baccalaureate revision, Phosphore magazine invites you to review your classics every other Thursday with @jennaboulmedais. If that doesn't help you ace it, I don't know what will! 😎 #FrenchBaccalaureate #Antigone #PhosphoreMag