| son of creon | haimon |
| notes that convey information to the cast and crew | stage directions |
| central message of a play | theme |
| message of fate about oedipus foretold by the oracle | prophecy |
| the search for truth and _____ is personified in Sophocle’s works | self awareness |
| readers should be able to ____ by putting themselves in the character’s shoes | identify with a character |
| the cycle of plays about oedipus family | Theban plays |
| father of antigone | oedipus |
| first play about oedipus | oedipus the king |
| middle play in the Theban Play cycle | oedipus at colonus |
| final play in the Theban Play cycle | antigone |
| father of oedipus | laios |
| mother and wife of oedipus | Iocaste |
| fought against creon in the civil war | polyneices |
| fought for creon | eteocles |
| re-stating passages in your own words | paraphrase |
| a brief description of what happens in the play | summarize |
| notes that define or clarify language in a play | side margin notes |
| you can discover deeper meaning by doing this | reading between the lines |
| wife of creon | eurydice |
| much of what we learn in a play comes from what characters say | dialogue |
| brought to life by dialogue and onstage actions | characters |
| king of thebes after oedipus dies | creon |
| most plays contain this- in it, events unfold, rise to a climax, and are resolved | plot |
| literature that is meant to be performed live | drama |
| enhances the reading of a play | text aids |
| antigone has this- a sense of right and wrong | sense of justice |
| the main character in a literary work | protagonist |
| sister of antigone | ismene |
| character in conflict with the protagonist | antagonist |
| blind prophet | teireseus |
| leader of the chorus | choragos |
| act that usually drives the plot of a literary work | character’s decision |
| reasons a character acts the way he/she does | character’s motives |
| god of wine who was honored by the greeks with festivals | dionysus |
| talked about quite often in greek theatre, but never shown on stage | violence |
| exposition that opens the play | prolouge |
| interpreted the meaning of the plays | chorus |
| final exit | exodus |
| the chorus’ song | ode |
| singing from left to right | antistrophe |
| singing from right to left | strophe |
| stanza that follows the strophe and antistrophe | epode |
| opening song | parados |
Antigone Scavenger Hunt
February 15, 2020