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Le geste enfantin de l'Antigone de Jean Anouilh

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In his version of the myth of Antigone (1944), Jean Anouilh sets the story in the contemporary context, opposing a revolted woman and a responsible, conscious ruler who tries to save his niece from death, no matter what it takes. Their confrontation shows that their motivations are unconciliable. Creon’s reasons are those of a wise and tired man who is afraid of being lonely while getting old and who considers power as a heavy duty. Therefore, Antigone’s reasons seem to be childish, while her stubbomness and impetuosity prove that she’s not a maturę person able to settle the argument. The consequence of her decisions will be her own death, as well as the one of her flance, and Creon will become a widower. The play, performed in Paris under occupation, gained some new possibilities of interpretation in the context of fault, innocence, collaboration and resistance of the slaved man.