If you answered Topic 1 (whether Antigone is a tragedy), consider the following: In what ways is your story tragic (if it is at all)? Do you find that your story reverses the critic's statement about tragedy's imitation of real life? If it is not tragic, why does it not rise to the level of tragedy?
If you answered Topic 2 (whether Antigone or Creon is the central tragic figure), consider the following: Is the main character of your story a tragic figure? If so, is he or she tragic because of a major failure (like Creon), or because his defeat becomes a triumph (like Antigone), or because of some other criterion? If not, why do the characterization, circumstances, and other factors fail to render your character a tragic figure?
The final version of this essay is due Monday, Nov. 17 ( Day 4), and Tuesday, Nov. 18 (Day 5).
