Monday, September 03, 2007
The Chorus
(Nick your blog was great! I noticed that reference and I wondered about her story. Thanks for clearing it up and since you did so well I’m going to go ahead and talk about something else.) The chorus is something in these plays I do not understand. We talked about how they are the people’s reactions but sometimes they go off into rants. The chorus, after Antigone is taken away and her last lines, begins normal. It references the future tomb of Antigone. Then it turns into these mythical three paragraphs. There are three footnotes in these paragraphs. I do not understand what the meaning of the paragraphs. I could not even relate them to the story. It talks of multiple gods I believe ending with the tomb again. I just think it is very confusing, I could make nothing of it and if anyone else notices it an explanation would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks for the props Mary. I am so appreciative that I will try to answer your question. You got to remember that the chorus strophes and antistrophes all over the stage. Strophing is sort of like a song and dance number from a musical. The Odes (the stuff when the chorus talks for multiple paragraphs) were sung by the chorus as they danced around the stage. So, can you see why the lyrics would be confusing. I mean, think of a musical. The lyrics to the songs are barely about the actual events. They are more about the themes. So when the chorus sings about these mythological things, they aren't supposed to be about the actual events of the play, but instead they are meant to draw similarities between the myths and the action that is going on in the play so that the audience can better understand the action. Or atleast that is what I think is going on.
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