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Odes in Antigone

What does the parados talk about? The parados talks about Polyneices’s attack on Thebes and his defeat. It is before all of the odes. What does the first ode talk about? It talks about how man is the world’s greatest…

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antigone scene 3-5

who has come to speak with creon? haimon, creon’s son comes to creon to tell him that he is going to obey him and be loyal to him what does creon say is the greatest evil that society faces? anarchy…

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Antigone Prologue- Scene 2

what does Creon forbid anyone to do with Polyneices body? Creon forbids anyone to bury Polyneices body. His body shall like in the fields, a sweet treasure for the animals as they search for food Why does Antigone summon her…

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Oedipus/Antigone Characters

Oedipus’ wife and mother Jocasta Jocasta’s brother Creon Oedipus’ father Laius Blind prophet; uses birds to interpret omens Tiresias Appeals to Oedipus for help in removing the plague in Thebes; one of the suppliants Priest Receives baby Oedipus from Jocasta…

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Cumulative Exam Review

Steve Gadd is known as one of the most influential drummers of all time, and he toured with Eric Clapton.What is wrong with the sentence? (A)A. The ideas are not coordinate.B. It lacks parallel structure.C. A semicolon should precede the…

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Antigone Final Exam

How are Antigone and Ismene related? Sisters How did the two brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, die? They died in battle, killing each other. What is King Creon’s decree? No one is allowed to bury Polyneices What does Antigone plan to…

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Test Review (Antigone)

According to Aristotle, how are plot events related in a tragedy? through cause-and-effect relationships In scene 1, Creon suspects __________ motivated the person who buried Polyneices. money In the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles, which event(s) reveals Creon’s tragic downfall?…

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Antigone by Sophocles: Scene 1, Ode 1

The antagonist poses a(n) __________ to the protagonist. threat Which theme does the Chorus Leader reveal through the suggestion that the gods buried Polyneices? divine authority Based on your understanding of Creon’s character, make a prediction about the action he…

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who said it- antigone

“Only a crazy man is in love with death!” Scene 1 Choragos “Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.” Scene 1 Sentry “A fortune won is often misfortune.” Scene 1 Creon “How dreadful it is when the right judge…

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Antigone (Scene 3 and Ode 3 )

What is Haimon’s initial response when his father asks how he feels about the king’s decisions to execute Antigone? He says he supports and obeys his fathers decisions What does Creon say that men pray for? Creon says that men…

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