| What does Antigone do that is against Creon’s orders? | Buries her brother |
| What’s Antigone’s punishment? | To be buried alive in a cave. |
| Who is the sole survivor of Oedipus’s family? | Ismene |
| How is Creon related to Antigone? | Her uncle |
| Why is Antigone so determined to bury her brother? | His spirit will be at peace by entering the underworld. |
| Who wrote the play? | Sophocles |
| “You chose to live, I chose to die” | Antigone speaking to Ismene |
| What becomes of Creon’s family? | His wife and son kill themselves |
| What was agony for Antigone? | To leave her brother unburied |
| From what alone can Man find no rescue? | Death |
| How does Haemon die? | He stabs himself and then embraces Antigone’s dead body |
| Why does Creon order that Eteocles be buried with great honors but that Polynices’ body be left to rot on the battlefield where it lay? | Creon believed that Polynices would not be a good ruler and that he fought against Thebes. |
| What happens when Ismene attempts to take credit for burying Polynices? | Antigone becomes angry with her and does not allow Ismene to take credit. |
| Why does Creon decide to imprison Antigone in a cave with some food? | So as not to anger the gods. |
| What are three points Creon makes to Haemon? | 1. a father’s enemies should be a son’s enemies;2. a disobedient, traitorous wife would only bring him shame;3. it would be unmanly to be beaten by a woman. |
| What four points does Haemon make to counter Creon’s argument? | 1. public sympathy is with Antigone;2. people fear Creon, so they do not openly express their disapproval;3. Creon should not be ruled by his first thought and his anger; he should consider otherpoints of view;4. a wise man knows to yield when he is wrong, listen to the advice of others,and realize that he does not have infallible wisdom. |
| What does Antigone tell us is her only regret? | She will die unmarried and childless. |
| Why has Tiresias come to see Creon? | To plead with him to make the right decision to bury Polynices and not kill Antigone. |
| How does Creon react to Tiresias’ advice? | He refuses to take the blind soothsayer’s advice. Creon says Tiresias’ wisdom is false. |
| What two warnings does Tiresias give Creon? | 1. Creon will pay with two deaths for the two deaths he causes. One death willbe Creon’s son.2. The avenging Furies are waiting for Creon; the evil he has worked onothers will fall on him. |
| How does the chorus advise Creon after hearing Tiresias’ prophecy? | They tell him to free Antigone and bury Polynices. |
| What four points (news) does the messenger bring after leaving the cave? | 1. Creon buried Polynices2. Antigone hanged herself.3. Haemon tried to kill Creon.4. Haemon killed himself using a sword |
| The children of Oedipus must always suffer because of what? | They are children of incest. |
| What is Eurydice’s immediate reaction to the death of her son? | She says nothing and shows no emotion. |
| Where does the story take place? | Thebes |
| How are women portrayed in Antigone? | As weak and not having equal footing to men. |
| What is a tragic hero? | A great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat |
| What is a tragic flaw? | The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy |
| In what timeframe is a Greek play completed? | One day |
| What do the birds symbolize? | Chaos |
| Who is the tragic hero? | Creon |
| Haimon | Creon’s son who was supposed to marry Antigone |
| masks | actors wore ____ to help the audience see their emotions and to hear the voices |
| Which two characters had the most pride? | Creon and Antigone |
| Which characters are most like Romeo and Juliet? | Haimon and Antigone |
| Who first tells Creon that he is wrong because he would not bury Polyneices? He is brave because he tells Creon that he thinks his conscience may be bothering him. | the sentry |
| “were their lips not frozen shut with fear”; is an example of __________ | metaphor |
| “brazen, boasting of barefaced anarchy”; is an example of ______ | alliteration |
| “Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waiver” is an example of | personification |
| uses the persuasive techniques to convince Creon not to kill Antigone | Haimon |
| Who is Creon’s wife? | Eurydice |
| Which brother received a proper burial? | Eteocles |
| Which brother did not receive a proper burial? | Polyneices |
| Greek drama had its origins in religious ritual for the Greek god ? Name that god. | Dionysos |
| What is Creon’s hamartia? | his pride or hubris |
| How does Antigone die? | She hangs herself with her wedding veil. |
| How/why does Haimon die? | He kills himself b/c he finds Antigone dead. |
| What is the irony of Teiresias’ warning to Creon? | Teiresias, although blind, has insight into the future while Creon, who has his sight, lacks insight and knowledge. |
| The main conflict in the play is what? | law of the gods vs. the law of humans or listening to one’s conscience vs. listening to authority |
| How does Antigone bury her brother? | Merely throws dirt over his body |
Antigone Final Test
February 15, 2020