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Antigone, performed by the National Theatre.

1. What was happening when Antigone was created?

Antigone is said to have be written by Sophocles around 441 B.C, during the rule of Pericles. Sophocles passionately believed in a democracy over dictatorship and many other forms, this is and influence that showed in his writing. In the play, Thebes' people has just come out of a bloody and terrible war that's left the country scarred and crippled. This is the time in which Creon steps into power.