... felt like I could almost associate with his plight. I was really drawn in to the character in my mind and almost actually 'became' the person. This stirred up a large emotional build-up inside me and by using the monologue I was able to release the 'tension' that I had built up. In the monologue, I went on to say that I was imprisoned somewhere for wanting equal rights for both coloured people and white people. And although I didn't know exactly where I was, I presumed that I was probably in South Africa in the early 70's or in America in the 50's. The next time the class had drama; we were all given 2 sheets, which was our introduction to the play of "Antigone". One was a conversation between Antigone and Ismene, and the other was Creon's long speech. Both of these gave us an insight into the minds of ...

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