Antigone Journal #2

"How has the role of the chorus changed? What type of tone does the author use with the chorus and what words help to support your analysis? How does the chorus comment on the tragic elements of the play?"The role of the Chorus has changed a lot since the beginnign of the play. The role of the Chorus is no longer to give us the back story or to narrate. It is now to make the audience feel and feel deeply. Chorus is used to express the inexpressible and to explain the difference between tragedy and melodrama. The tone of Chorus is thoughtful, expressionistic. Chorus uses words like vulgar, practical, restful, hope, doubt, and other reflectionistic words. These words express the fact that he may just be thinking out loud. Chorus comments on the tragic elements of the play in a different tone. It is an indifferent tone because according to Chorus, "he who kills is as innocent as he who gets killed" (24).