With this in mind, Furgard’s incorporation of a Greek play into his own clearly depicts this notion of hybridization. Worthen explains this concept of hybridity as a concern with social change with the relationship between indigenous and foreign. The play was meant to be performed to the authorities who held them captive and to show them that they would rebel against the tyrannizing government.
And hence, the use of Antigone in The Island highlights how John and Winston used it as a from to speak against the oppression they faced. However, Antigone surpassed Creon’s law and went along to bury her brother, despite knowing the consequences she would face with this sublime action. And similarly, in Antigone no one would question Creon’s orders even if he was wrong. During apartheid in South Africa, speaking against the government was condemned and deemed as an offence.
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“We can never talk about, no one can write about, not even white South Africans, free as they are can talk about,” (Worthen, 175). According to Google, civil disobedience is the active refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws of the state. It is certainly questionable why Fugard used Antigone in his work instead of any other play, but I personally believe one of the main reasons was due to the shared theme in both works which is civil disobedience. It hence serves as a tool for them condemn the conditions of the country. The play Antigone does not fully represent the struggles of the two characters, Winston and John, it instead works as a play within a play.
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