Antigone; my first study of Greek Drama.

Antigone: I was first pronounced it as Anti-gone, which later I discover the real pronunciation is beyond my mind which is An-tih-gnee. What happen was, it is not the only word that I mispronounce. There are still few more words which are mostly on the names of the characters. Undeniably, not only the pronunciation of the character, but I discover a lot of things through the study of Antigone. To many degrees, I feel fun in studying the text as it does bring novelty to me.
Before reading the Antigone, I was wrongly predicting the story. As I read and go through the text in class, it is impressively different from what I thought; I supposed that Antigone won’t be too determined to disobey the King as the King’s son, Haemon is her lover. Anyhow, something more sacred and even more vital needs to be accomplished by Antigone; to abide by the God’s law by going against the man’s law. This reflects on the element of Greek’s drama regards to the relationship of the protagonist to the God.
My uncertainty on how the emotions will be presented in the Greek’s Theatre is answered obviously through the study of Antigone. The main character Antigone, deals with a lot of emotions; anger, love and strong sense of determination. Eventhough I only read the play without watching it being acted out, the element of catharsis dissolve in me. When Antigone dared to challenge the King which resulted her to death, and when Haemon goes against the father and died for Antigone, I can feel the mood and the tense which create the empathy towards the characters. The psychological purgative is invoked.
Personally, I consider this is a very good play as I, myself can feel being in their situation. The moves or emotions of its characters and conflict I believe does grip the audiences.