My approach ha already been set by the chorus. The audience will be expecting a character that is very small and weak, this would be mainly because I am a women. When I am first led in by the guard I am not feeling nervous at all, next to me the soldier is smiling, this is making me even more annoyed. Me being led in shows the audience that I am a victim of Creons’ tyranny. The guard throws me to the ground, during Creons speech with the soldier I slowly pick myself up and stare at Creon throughout his speech. This shows the audience that I am not afraid of Creon. I want to show that I am a rebel against Creons tyranny.
I shall show myself to be defiant and proud; I shall do this by holding my head up high and not showing any fear towards Creon. My first words would be spoken in a loud defiant voice. My tone would be sarcastic getting louder during my long speech. I would emphasis the words “our law” and “merely a man”. This would show the audience that I am not afraid of Creon and I am confident enough to make jokes of him. When I say these lines I will move towards Creon and pock and jab him with my finger. Hopefully he will start to walk backwards; this would show the audience that I am overpowering him.
When the chorus speak they take Creons side, my reaction to this would be for me to turn my back to the chorus and try to ignore them, occasionally looking over my shoulder and giving them an evil eye. During Creons long speech, I will be looking blankly into the audience. This would show them that I have no interest in what Creon I telling me. After his long speech, I shall spit my next words out, “kill me”; this would show the audience my disgust towards Creon. To get the point across to the audience and Creon, that nobody likes him I will shout the words “They all do!” The next time I speak it is in a slower more calm voice, this is because I talk about my brother, “I love my brother”. This shows the audience that I love and respect my brother.
When ismene shows up I am very angry with her, she has left me to bury OUR brother. She was scared to do it. I show my anger to the audience by shouting at Ismene and taking up more of a physical space on the stage. I would push her to the ground and I wouldn’t help her get back up, this again would show the audience my disgust with Ismene. I would try and show the audience that I hate the way that Ismene is trying to be courageous. This angers me even more for she is trying to say that she helped her brother when she didn’t.
When I am sentenced to death I am not worried because I know that I will be able to see my brother in the afterlife. I would not struggle with the guards showing the audience that I am an innocent party in the whole thing.
During the first scene of confrontation with Creon I would try and get the audience on my side. I would try and give them a feeling of what I am feeling and try and get sympathy from them. I will try and show the depth of Creons tyranny and try to show that I am being accused for doing something that was right. He is the one who should be sentenced to death for leaving my brothers body with no burial.
