plot
Creon will make sure the sentry is killed.
What is the consequence for not finding who is responsible for burying Polyneices.
Antigone's fiance
Who is Haimon?
The Greek word for an actor.
What is a thespian?
Haimon tells Creon that he will not see him again.
What is foreshadowing?
They comment and narrate without participating in the play.
What is the chorus?
Two ways Antigone is guilty.
What is breaking the law and boasting about it?
The blind prophet who predicted the tragedy.
Who is Tiresias?
The 3 main types of classical drama.
What are comedy, tragedy and satyr plays?
The reference to Aphrodite and the Argive River.
What is allusion?
The time when Creon realizes that many family deaths wouldn't have occurred if he was more flexible.
What is anagnorisis?
Creon says there is no greater evil in the world.
What is anarchy?
The person who is arrogant and inflexible.
Who is the tragic hero?
The 3 things involved in the downfall of the hero in a tragedy.
What are the downfall of the hero with a combination of pride, fate and the will of the gods?
“But they keep their tongues in leash”
What is an idiom?
When the audience is given background information.
What is parados?
Antigone will be placed in a vault of stone with only one way to be saved.
Will the gods save Antigone?
The one who fulfilled the prophesy.
Who is Oedipus?
The god of theatre.
Who is Dionysus?
“A storm of dust roared up from the earth, and the sky went out”
What is imagery?
Creon's inability to listen to reason and Antigone's unwillingness to be patient.
What is the tragic flow?
Antigone refuses to allow Ismene to share the responsibility.
What is the burial of Polyneices?
A tragic hero who ignores the king's edict.
Who is Antigone?
The 4 types of characters in a tragedy.
What are the gods, the tragic hero, minor characters, and the chorus?
Haimon compared Creon to a tree.
What is a metaphor?
The tragic hero, the antagonist, the maternal figure, the comic relief, the narrator, etc.
Who are the archetypal characters?