The Production Of Antigone By Peta Tait Essay - 1708 Words

The production of Antigone by Company B reviewed by Peta Tait is correct in multiple instances even though the production has an incorrect central conflict. Company B’s production is correct when Tait explains how it portrays why Creon did not bury Polyneices’ body and just left it out to the animals instead (71). The production is also correct when implying why Creon treats Antigone and Ismene badly as if they have the dignity of animals (73). By looking at Sophocles’ Antigone, it portrays Creon of having the same understanding of Polyneices, Antigone, and Ismene too (Sophocles ?). This is why I have no issues with these parts in Company B’s production. However, Tait also mentions the focus of the production are these actions of Creon as if it is the central conflict. The production did this because it reflected the morals of guards of prisons in wars Australia was involved with and how they treated their prisoners (Tait 72). While the emphasis of the cha racters being treated as animals in the play is true, it should not be the central conflict. The Australian influence should not be in the production since it shifts the play to focus on the wrong central conflict in Sophocles’ Antigone. The central conflict in Sophocles’ Antigone is her decision to go against the law of Creon (Sophocles 707). This decision is more controversial because there is more varying opinions of whether she should have buried Polyneices or not. Tait’s review reveals that Company B’s production with