Reflection on my scene!

This play was a great experience, I had to work with people I've never worked with before.  My group was consisted of 4 people including me: Me, Rakan,  Ban and Emma. It was really nice creating the scene so first we watched a quick animated video of Oedipus and the Sphinx.  Then Mrs divided the class into groups and each group had to perform a scene. We were chosen to do the part were Oedipus finds out the truth. In my group I was chosen to be the main character,  Oedipus.  So we wrote our script and started to practice, it went out pretty well in the practice but we also had to add some chorus work and that was pretty much the most/only difficult part as some of the people were forgetting these line or mixing them up. After many practices we kind of made our scene perfect. Another thing that was new to me was the fact that we had to perform with masks; ones that we made. It was pretty difficult, fun and challenging as the masks were pretty tight on our faces and it was kind of hard to act while wearing them as our voices had to be louder than usual as the masks were mostly covering our whole face which would obviously make our voices lower. At the end it was really successful.

Oedipus and the sphinx play

Greek mask

Tragic mask : Hulk

Group photos

Oedipus and the sphinx

After answering the sphinx riddle,  Oedipus reached Thebes. He was welcomed by Creon,  Jocasta's brother and his uncle who was a Temperor king after Laius' death.  He had said that anyone who answers the sphinx riddle would become king and marry Jocasta. So Oedipus married his own mother and they had 4 children : Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone and Ismene. Years later, a plague was brought upon the city of Thebes, so Oedipus sent Creon to find out what the reasons are. He found out that it all happened because the killer of Laius had not been taken to justice. Oedipus asked the prophet Tiresias to find out who had killed Laius. He was forced to say that Oedipus was the one who killed Laius and that he married his mother as he was first adopted. Oedipus then realised that he was the one who killed his father years ago, and that he had married his mother. Oedipus tried to find Jocasta who had fled moments earlier, only to find that she hanged herself. He then took a brooch from her gown, and using the pin, he pricked his eyes and blinded himself. His daughter Antigone guided him for the last few years of his life.


http://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Oedipus/oedipus.html

Greek Theatre

First blog entry introducing the Drama unit

MYP: Greek Theatre
Key concepts: Communication and Creativity
Related concepts: Genre and Innovation
Global concepts: Identities and Relationships
Statement of inquiry: A non individualised group of performers have a collective voice for communicating meaning.
Inquiry question: How can we use chorus work in Greek theatre as a powerful tool for expression?