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Antigone
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A literary character who is wise and noble, but has flaws and will die before the play ends. | tragic hero |
| a release of emotional tension | Catharsis |
| A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character | Tragedy |
| Characters of high birth or status, experience a series of events that threaten position, suffer a tragic fall of own actions. | Greek Tragedy |
| Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone | Sophocles |
| Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone | Theban plays |
| an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC | Thebes |
| The blind king, another tragic hero, who unknowingly killed his father, Laius and married his mother Jocasta. | Oedipus |
| Creon's son, engaged to Antigone | Haemon |
| daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, the tragic heroine who refuses to leave her brother, Polynices, unburied. | Antigone |
| the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone, who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus. Proclaims an edict that Eteocles will be buried with pomp and honors and Polynices will be left to rot. | Creon |
| Antigone's older sister. She is radiantly beautiful, laughing, and talkative. Ismene is the good girl of the family. | Ismene |
| Brother of Eteocles, Ismene, and Antigone, and son of Oedipus. He is called a rebel and a traitor by Creon. | Polynices |
| Antigone's brother that was given a proper burial | Eteocles |
| The initial news from the first guard angers Creon because | it makes it clear that someone has disobeyed his edict. |
| What did Creon decide regarding Polynices' death? | That his corpse should be allowed to rot unburied and dishonored since he was fighting against Thebes. |
| Which brother waged war against the other when the first refused to yield up the throne. | Polynices |
| Which brother refused to yield up the thrown when they were meant to reign over Thebes in alternate years. | Eteocles |
| What happened to the brothers? | They killed one another in a battle for Thebes |
| Who was named King of Thebes? | Creon |
| Who decides to break the law and disobey Creon by giving Polynices a proper burial? | Antigone |
| Antigone disagrees with Creon's idea of which human emotion? | Happiness |
| Who first informs Creon that someone has illegally buried Polynices? | One of the guards |
| What is the Chorus? | A group of 12-15 men/women singing and commenting in response to what the character is doing. |
| Why does Ismene refuse to help Antigone bury Polynices? | Ismene says it is not their doing and that women are not meant to believe in ideas and die for them. |
| What is the major conflict of this play? | Antigone refuses to leave Polynices unburied even though it will cost her life. |
| Why does Creon refuse to listen? Why doesn't he listen? | Creon says the mob will not dictate his actions--he is the king |
| After Eurydice hears the tragic news, what does she do? | She goes away into her bedroom by herself and cuts her throat. |
| What does Haemon do when he sees his father Creon in the tomb? | He leaps at his father and draws his sword as if to kill Creon, then turns the sword on himself and takes his own life. |
| When they entered Antigone's tomb, what did they hear and see? | They heard Haemon crying and they saw that Antigone had hanged herself by the cord of her robes. |
| What is Ismene's personality? | She is a pleaser; prettier and happier than Antigone |
| What is Antigone's personality? | She is stubborn; dark haired; strong willed;serious |
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