| Creon has conflict with | Teiresias the blind prophet |
| Teiresias’ revelation of truth to Creon is | that he had Oedipus leave Thebes indirectly helping Creon to become king |
| Teiresias is | physically blind but spiritually sighted |
| prophet | agent of gods in dealing with humans |
| “Creon, you yourself have brought this new calamity upon us” | Teiresias Scene 5 Lines 25-26 |
| “But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride” | Teiresias Scene 5 Lines 35-36 |
| hubris | Greek word for excessive pride |
| creon accuses who of being bribed | Teiresias |
| the time will come when Creon pays “corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh” | prophecy |
| house will be full of men and women weeping and curses will be hurled at him if Creon doesn’t give into the dead man | prophecy |
| choragus helps Creon | realize the prophet is never wrong |
| “It is hard to give in but its worse to risk everything for stubborn pride” | Creon Scene 5 Lines 92-93 |
| choragus advises Creon to | free Antigone and build tomb for Polynecies |
| “I will not fight with destiny” | Creon Scene 5 Line 101 |
| Creon is now | a dynamic character |
| “The laws of the gods are mighty, and a man must serve them to the last day of his life” | Creon Scene 5 Lines 108-109 |
| paean | hymn that is an appeal to the gods for assistance |
| in this paean | chorus praises Dionysus, or lacchus, and calls on him to come to Thebes to show mercy and drive out evil |
| Sophocles wrote this play in honor of | Dionysus |
| tone of this play | ominus, solemn, intense, serious |
| exodos | last episode in the play followed by final speech made by choragus and addressed directly to the audience |
| creon’s downfall | victorius in battle, “walking dead man”, soul governor of the land, father of nobely born children, loses everything (Antigone, Haemon, Eurydice die) |
| “Grief and I are no strangers” Eurydice | Megareus, older son of Creon and Eurydice, died in battle of Thebes |
| goes with Creon to free Antigone | messenger |
| “My own blind heart has brought me from darkness to final darkness” | Creon Exodus Line 87-88 |
| “Let death come quickly and be kind to me” | Creon Exodus Line 128 |
| “Fate has brought all my pride to a thought of dust” | Creon Exodos Lines 138 |
| catharsis | emotional cleansing of purging; spiritual renewal |
| resolution | conflict ends; loose ends are tied |
| “There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; no wisdom but in submission to the gods” | Choragus Exodos Lines 139-140 |
Antigone Scene 5 – Exodus
February 16, 2020