The main conflict of this play is not between 2 people, but rather between these 2 abstract ideas
What is Conscience vs. Authority
100
"These are my arrows, Creon: they are all for you"
Who is Teiresias
100
mentally impaired, especially from old age
What is senile
100
Creon finally decides that maybe he shold listen to the advice of those around him
What is Scene 5
200
The ultimate momma's boy
Who is Oedipus
200
Saying "thank you" to someone who accidentally kicks you in the leg would be an example of this
What is verbal irony
200
"Go away, Ismene. I shall be hating you soon."
Who is Antigone
200
bold, arrogant, strut
What is swagger
200
Antigone admits to burying her brother
What is Scene 2
300
The one who first brings the unfavorable news to King Creon about the burial of Polynieces
Who is the Sentry
300
"The classroom was as hot as the pavement in July" would be a good example of this
What is simile
300
"You will give no support to whoever breaks this law."
Who is Creon
300
flexible and graceful
What is lithe
300
Haemon chastizes his father for not listening to the citizens of Thebes
What is Scene 3
400
The father of drama and the author of this play
Who is Sophocles
400
Antigone and Ismene are examples of this literary term
What is foil
400
"Here is the one who did it! We caught her in the very act of burying him!"
Who is the Sentry
400
goes beyond the limit of
What is transcends
400
Antigone first asks her sister for help; before the real action of the play
What is Prologue
500
Antigone compares herself to this "woman of stone"
Who is Niobe
500
Creon battles between what his pride and power want him to do and what the gods want. This battle would be a good example of ______________ ________________
What is Internal Struggle
500
"But speak again:whatever it is, I can bear it. Grief and I are no strangers."
Who is Eurydice
500
loyal; dutiful devotion
What is piety
500
The Choragus and Chorus pray to the gods to have mercy on them