You should develop your essay using the
academic – persuasive mode of writing. However, you may include the
descriptive and narrative modes of writing in the body of your essay.
You must have a point of view. You must have a clear, concise thesis
statement in the first paragraph of your essay. Then, you should provide
at least three (3) examples of supporting evidence in the introductory
paragraph, or by the second (2nd) paragraph. Your conclusion should
paraphrase and expand upon your opening. In addition, your essay should
include logical transitions between the introduction, body, and
conclusion as well as between body paragraphs that include evidential
support (https://english.purdue.edu). This assignment is worth 25 points
towards your final grade: Content 12 pts, Structure 8 pts, Mechanics 5
pts.You will upload your essay to Safe Assign by Mon. 10-30-17.
In preparation for this assignment we have close read and discussed Antigone
by Sophocles – Intro. and Trans. by Meineck & Woodruff, as well as
distributed and read two handouts: Classical Natural Law Theory – http://www.iep.utm.edu/natlaw/ and Gorsuch’s chance to correct Scalia on the Constitution, The Washington Post, by George Will.Additionally, we have watched sections of Jean Anouilh’s adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone, paying
specific attention to the discussion between Creon and Antigone which
includes the punctuated statement by King Creon “It’s just Politics!”A
textual analysis of the fiery exchange between Creon and Antigone
provides the difference in approach between Sophocles and Anouilh.
Specifically, for this assignment, we see that Sophocles and Jean Anouilh have a different take on politics that may
embody similar and different ancient and modern cultural norms and
values; Creon tells us “It’s just Politics!”What does Sophocles tell us
(376-775) about Creon’s Theban politics?In The Play of Power,
Eisenstein et al (1996) offer a broad definition of politics to which we
will refer during our spring 2018 Midterm writing assignment.Eisenstein
et al formally state: “Politics consists of influence processes
involving both conflict and cooperation, and occurring both within and
outside of government, that authoritatively determine for a wide range
of groups who get what, when, and how” (p. 8).
Moreover, the handouts serve to define and illuminate Natural Law,
thus connecting the ancient perspective to contemporary life.The
handouts also highlight Paul Woodruff’s introductory statement on the
“God’s unfailing Unwritten Laws (p. xxvii & 456-9).Your assignment
is to compare and contrast the renditions offered by Sophocles and
Anouilh employing three (3) of the following timeless and universal
themes in Sophocles’ inexorable tragedy, Antigone (anti – against & gone
– birth): 1) unwritten natural law, 2) written law, 3) loss and grief,
4) rest for the tormented soul, 5) women’s power and morality, 6) the
state, 7) powerlessness, 8) cultural hegemony, 9) war & treachery,
10) men’s unyielding authority, 11) good and obedient vs bad and
obdurate, 12) Antigone’s values, 13) Creon’s values, 14) fate, 15)
autonomy, 16) gender and sex, 17) class and status, and 18) agency.
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