Repent:

TEXT: The poster Repent references belief that America has failed Jesus through it's language. While the text references Jesus many times, to me it seems available to many different audiences because of how broad the religious language is. Whether it be Christianity, a major religion in the US and Tacoma, or people who don't view themselves as religious or people of other religions involving the figure of Jesus such as Islam, I would argue that most people can interpret the posters text as long as they're familiar with the figure of Jesus and the US current/past social and political standings.

COLOR: The colors of the poster Repent contribute to the religious messages. The poster uses orange, yellow, and blue as the colors of the print with a white background. The use of yellow and orange, both warm colors which represent humanity, color the image's sun and heart, which can be interpreted as symbols of Jesus. The blue is used as the color of the text, language which speak about a need to repent for wrong doings. Blue, a color associated with sorrow and cleanliness, represents the texts message.

O: Antigone hasn't showed much care in her personal life aside her brother and uncle; how does her character view aspects such as marriage that could've been parts of her life?

E: queen of Thebes who claimed her children were above the gods --> her kids were killed and she was turned into a forever weeping rock.

O: the chorus perspective seems to be changing. In the first part of the play they centered around Kreon and added on to his ideologies, however they are showing more sympathy for antigone.

E: In ancient greek culture the dead where treated with many customs and rituals to help lead them into the afterlife. To not follow these steps is to deny the dead passage into the underworld.

Q: The chorus tends to be siding with Kreon, does this mean the general public also is in someway against antigone?

O: in relation to our in class discussion, both sisters seem to be looking out for one another in this argument. Though generally ismene is more caring for antigone than the other way around

Q: How does emphasis (specifically italics) play into translation?

Q: does the chorus have a stronger connection with Kreon's character (or those of similar power status) or in some way represent Kreon?

O: Sophokles writing styles seems to have characters repeat their third-to-last line as their last line (chorus demonstrates this also). This puts emphasis on the meaning and importance of that particular line.

E: The word edict according to the oxford dictionary is an order/decree made by a person of authority. In the context it is speaking towards the death of the two brothers.

Q: How much do stage directions impact how we perceive/imagine the play?