Character table of S4

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I am trying to understand the character table of $S_4$. I have obtained the trivial, signature and standard representations. The fourth one is the product of signature and standard.

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Now for the last representation, I have tried two things.

  1. I took the standard basis for $C$, defined $\pi(\sigma)e_i = e_{\sigma i}$. I took the trace of the matrices as characters, but there it turned out that $\pi$ is just direct sum of trivial and standard representations.

  2. I have read that I should take the normal subgroup corresponding to (12)(34). I don't know how to go about it. Can somebody explain? Any other method to determine the last representation is also welcome.

Thanks in advance.