Antigone. How would you want your audience to respond to the role of the messenger? Explain how you would perform the role in order to achieve your aims.

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How would you want your audience to respond to the role of the messenger? Explain how you would perform the role in order to achieve your aims.

The messenger is the person that delivers the tragic new of Antigone and Haemon's deaths. The messenger knows that he is dealing with bad news, but he does not understand the knowledge that he possesses and the effect that it could have. I would want my audience to respond to the role of the messenger with pity due to his naivety, yet eventually recognise his thirst for power and gain in knowledge.

The messenger's first appearance in Antigone is when he brings the new of the death of Haemon and his wife, Antigone.

Here I would try to make it immediately obvious that the messenger thinks that he has the upper hand because he has information.

As the messenger, I would enter proudly with my head held high and strong, knowing steps. I would have my mouth in a small smirk to show that the messenger is boasting about having the power, finally.

This would mean that first of all the audience would not warm to