Antigone Journal # 3

Journal: finish your casting of the characters
1. name
2. actor/actress - description of appearance, personality, age, etc.
3. why you made the choices you did

Antigone
"I was born to join in love, not hate that is my nature"( 86).
"I have no love for a friend who loves in words alone"(87).
Age mid to early twenties. A person who is very religous. Is very emotional and can be rash. Actress- Carrie Underwood
Why- She is very religous in her music and in her music videos she does a great job protraying her emotions expecially saddness. Antigone character really express her emotion and i want and actress who does the same.

Ismene
"We must be sensible..."(62)
"Why rush to extremes?"(62)
Younger than Antiogones character. age late teen to early twenties. Very obident to the law. Doesn't break the las Actress Taylor Swift.
Why- Never has broken the law that i know of. Seems very moralistic and has good common sense. Ismene's character is reserved and catious.

Creon
"So, men our age, we're to be lectured are we?- schooled by a boy his age?"(96).
"What? The City is the king's- that's the law!"(97).
Age forties. Acts full of anger and is defiant in his postions and beliefs. Slightly balding with gray hair. Possible actor Mr. Wilson.
Why- Creon is very stubborn and argues his postions well. He believe he knows a lot and that is true but can refuse to see others points of veiw. Mr. Wilson can be a fairly good actor.

Haemon
"It's no city at all, owned by one man alone"(97).
-"Father, I'm your son ...you in your wisdom [...]I obey you" (93)
Personality. Very just and strong headed he sees both side of a situation and juges it fairly. He respects his place in society and he respects his father. Age early twentys tall, muscular atractive man who people admire.
Why- Haemon listens to what the people of Thebes say and he understand the fear they have in speaking against his father. Even though he belive speaking against a person father is wrong he does it because being just is more important to him.

Leader
"she hasn't learned to bend before adversity"(82)
"[...]could this possibly be the work of the gods?"(72).
Old late forties early fifties. Gray hair kid of log. Acts sort of goffy and looks sort of off. Grizzled beard gray.
Why- The leader sort of seems like an odd character and he is very observant of things but he doesn't really express what he thinks. This shows that he is very reserved but he speaks about obvious things. He also forshadows things and old werid people just seem like the best people for forshadowing.

Sentry
"i could have sworn i wouldn't hurry back{...}"(79)
"[...]jostling, baiting each other to keep awake[...]"(800
Age. early twenties. Light brown hair muscaular. probaly a colloge student. not to intelligent a person who like to screw aroung who is also somewhat of a coward.
Why- the century was afraid of punsihment and was going to run away. He also speicifys how he like to srew around and that they fell asleep the first time. show he doesn't take his job that serious need someone who will screw around and not make the best decisons.