| What information does Antigone give to Ismene at the beginning of the scene? | she is going to go bury Polynieces to bring him honor |
| What has just happened to the sister’s family? | Eteocles and Polynieces killed each other and Eteocles is allowed to be buried because he died honorably, but anybody who tries to bury Polynieces will be stoned to death. |
| What does Antigone plan to do and why? | bury Polynieces to bring him honor because it is her family and the gods want everyone to be buried. |
| Does Ismene plan to join her and why not? | No, she is more worried about being stoned to death and being honorable to Creon. |
| What story does the chorus tell in the Parodos | talks about the battle between Eteocles and Polynieces and how the 7 Thebian princes end up dead because Zeus thinks they are boastful for going against him. |
| Who has Creon assembled at the beginning of the scene and why does he say he passed the new law? | Chorus; Whoever buries Polynieces will die because he will not sit back because you can’t honor them both |
| How does the sentry act when he comes before Creon and what does this say about Creon | timid and afraid of Creon, this suggest he is all powering, quick tempered, and likes to be in charge |
| What news does the sentry bring and who does Creon think is responsible? | that someone has sprinkled dust on Polynieces body and Creon thinks it was a man |
| What is the dramatic irony in this scene? | that is was not a man at all, but rather antigone, Creon’s kinship |
| How is Antigone caught? | The sentry found her burying Polynieces in the act a second time after they swept off the dust |
| How is antigone’s attitude for death? | She doesn’t care to die for doing what is right to her and before the gods. She has nothing to live for anyways |
| Who else does Creon want to question? | Ismene |
| What has he decided to do with the sisters? | Kill them both |
| Who came to speak with Creon? | Haeman his son |
| What does Creon say is the greatest evil that society faces? | rebelliousness and dishonesty(anarchy) |
| What has Haeman asked Creon to do? | not to be stubborn and to listen to him about freeing Antigone |
| What is Creon’s response? | Haeman is whipped and is caving in to Antigone’s desires |
| What does Haeman mean and what does Creon think he means when Haeman says “Then she must die. But her death will cause another.”? | Haeman will kill himself if Antigone dies, Creon thinks Haeman is saying he will kill him. |
| How has Haeman’s attitude toward Creon changed? | from respectful to desperate, defensive, and stubborn |
| What is the chorus’s attitude toward antigone now? | At first, they thought she deserved punishment but now they feel sorry for her and think the gods will have favor on her after she dies. |
| What does Antigone express about her father? | Polynieces’s crimes caused all their misfortunes and now the family is cursed. |
| What is happening at the end of scene 4? | Antigone is locked in a vault to die. |
| According to Teiresias, what is the new calamity that creon has brought to thebes? | Creon cursed the city by not burying Polynieces and punishing Antigone for wanting to bury him, The city will be in destruction until Polynieces is buried. |
| Creon accuses Teiresias of wanting what from him? | money |
| What does Teiresias predict will happen to Creon? | Creon will die soon for not burying Polynieces and punishing antigone for trying to do so. |
| What does the Choragus tell Creon will prevent this from happening? | If he saves and frees Antigone. |
| what is a paean? | prayer |
| what two people does the messenger say have died and how? | Haeman died by killing himself when he found out antigone hung herself |
| After creon returns, who else has died? | Eurydice by killing herself with a dagger |
| What is creon’s attitude at the end of the play? | everything is his fault; he feels guilty, miserable, and regretful |
| What is Creon’s fatal flaw? | Pride that he is always right and stubborness to admit what he declared was wrong even though it went against the gods |
Antigone Worksheet
February 15, 2020