Antigone Essay Step Two: Collecting Evidence

As you develop your essay, you must be prepared to use abundant evidence from throughout the play to support your ideas. Please review all of the characters, plot developments, and literary devices from throughout the play as you develop your insights and support your thesis.

It is extremely important that you thoroughly review the play even if you already have a fair understanding of the ideas you will address in your essay. This careful re-reading and annotation will help you develop insights that you did not have as you did your first, general reading of the play. 

I have provided some three-column note paper to help guide your research. Look for evidence from throughout the play with regard to all characters when searching for support that appears in 

• The Monologues
• The Dialogues
• The Odes
• Elements of Tragedy
• Dramatic, Situational, or Verbal Irony
• Imagery, Symbolism, and Motifs

Remember that, in the three column notes you

1. Begin with identification of a brief passage
2. Explain the context of the quote and the significance of the specific words, ideas,or actions at this point in the play
3. Analyze how this development is used to raise, develop, or provide conclusions about the theme you are discussing