... anyone, even Rulers, stepped out of line they would be severely punished. "Antigone" focuses on the conflict of individual belief whereas "Caucasian Chalk Circle" is a story about large-scale issues, for example, civil war, which is the conflict of believers, but a big conflict between very large groups of people. Caucasian Chalk Circle" is also about social disintegration whereas "Antigone" just shows the fight against authority. "Antigone" is about a girl, Antigone, standing up against the decree that the king had passed, because she felt that it was unfair and in just, and she felt she needed to fight for justice. "Caucasian Chalk Circle" is about a girl, Grusha, fighting for survival, against the "Iron shirts" who are trying to kill her. In both plays the main character is fighting for survival to stand up for what she believes in. The Splendid productions rendition of "Antigone" which I saw by a ...

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