Narrative Conflict
Used to increase tension, develop characters, and move the story forward.
What is narrative conflict?
Sruggle against dark secret from the past that haunts character’s present.
What is character vs. past?
Which family members had the duty of giving their loved ones proper burials?
Who is the women?
Who is Antigone's sister?
Who is Ismene?
"The state is my charge, and I must guide it with firm hands; for order is the lifeblood of the city, and dissent its slow decay."
Who says this?
Who is Creon?
Struggle between a character and an outside force.
What is external conflict?
Struggle against insecurities, rage, depression, etc
What is character vs. emotions?
Where do the Greeks believe your soul goes after death?
What is Hades or the Underworld?
Who is Antigone's fiance?
Who is Haemon?
"My heart knows no law but that of the gods; for justice that denies love and loyalty is no justice at all."
Who says this?
Who is Antigone?
Psychological struggles within the mind of a character
What is internal conflict?
Struggle against corrupt institutions, traditions, laws, or culture
What is character vs. society?
What would the female family members do to show their mourning?
What is cut their hair, cry loudly, and perform the funeral ceremony?
Who is Haemon's mother?
Who is Eurydice?
"A ruler who listens is no weaker than one who commands; strength lies in understanding, not in silencing those who speak truth."
Who says this?
Who is Haemon?
Struggle between two characters within the novel, often the protagonist and antagonist, in other words, the hero and villain
What is character vs. character?
Struggle against carnal or immoral desires.
What is character vs. temptation?
Who does Antigone bury in the story?
Who is her brother, Polynices?
Who is the King of Thebes during the play?
Who is Creon?
"I do not defy them, but I cannot act against the State. I am not strong enough."
Who says this?
Who is Ismene?
Often the struggle for survival against forces of nature or a beast
What is character vs. nature?
Provide an example of narrative conflict from the Greek play Antigone.
What is
Antigone vs. Creon
Creon vs. Haemon
Antigone vs. Ismene
Antigone vs. emotions
Creon vs. emotions
Antigone vs. self
Antigone vs. society
Why was it so important in Greek culture to have a proper burial?
What is Greeks believed your spirit would never be at rest?
Who was the King of Thebes after Oedipus?
Who is Eteocles?
"I dared. It was not God's proclamation. That final Justice / That rules the world below makes no such laws. / Your edict, King, was strong, / But all your strength is weakness itself against / The immortal unrecorded laws of God."
Who says this?
Who is Antigone?