Greek Drama
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Death & Destiny
How Tragic!
100
This is the group of people that both narrate and interact with the characters in the play.
What is the Chorus.
100
This is what Antigone wants Ismene to help her do.
What is bury Polynieces.
100
This person said "And if this hurries me to death before my time, why, such a death is gain."
Who is Antigone.
100
This is how Oedipus brought a curse upon his family.
What is the fact that he married mom and killed dad.
100
This person is the tragic hero by the end of the play.
Who is Creon.
200
This is what Greek actors wore to symbolize characters and portray emotion from a far distance.
What are masks.
200
These are the two reasons why Creon might feel threatened by Antigone.
What is her being a woman and the daughter of the true king.
200
This person said “She shall not die—don’t think it—in my sight or by my side. And you shall never see my face again."
Who is Haemon.
200
These are the two reasons why Creon does not allow Polynieces to be buried.
What is his escape from exile and warring against his brother, Eteocles, who stood for their family's kingdom.
200
This is who did Eteocles killed.
Who is Polynieces.
300
The Greeks put on week-long festivals to honor this god.
Who is Dionysus.
300
This is what Ismene does when she is brought before Creon.
What is try to take some of the blame for the burial of Polynieces.
300
This person said "We are only women, we cannot fight with men, Antigone!"
Who is Ismene.
300
This is Haemon's final act before he commits suicide.
What is attempt to kill Creon.
300
This is an example of how Antigone was a "bride to death."
What is the hanging by her wedding veil.
400
These people were viewed as inferior and irrational in Greek society.
What are women.
400
Creon changes his mind to this from the original decree.
What is to lock Antigone into a vault.
400
Who said "There is no happiness...but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, and proud men in old age learn to be wise."
Who is the chorus.
400
This is why Antigone's death is an instance of dramatic irony.
What is the fact that Creon was coming to free Antigone.
400
This is how a character expresses his or her grief at the tragic climax of the play in a Greek tragedy
What is the catharsis.
500
In most Greek tragedies, the hero is guilty of this (the Greek word).
What is hubris.
500

Antigone is seen as defiant by the chorus, while Antigone questions their? 

What is self worth or moral compass 
500
Who said "The time is not far off when you shall pay back corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh..."
Who is Teresias.
500
These are the three people that died and how they died.
Who is Haemon, Antigone, and Eurydice. All died by suicide.
500
This is the reversal that Creon must face.
What is the change from pridefully upholding the law to humbly admitting that he was wrong and giving Polynieces a proper burial.
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