TEXT
Who wrote the text?
Sophocles
This noun means great destruction, chaos, or widespread disorder.
Havoc
Identify the speaker:
"We must be sensible. Remember we are women, we're not born to contend with men."
Ismene
"The ship of state is safe" - what technique does Creon use here?
Metaphor
What genre is the text?
Where is the text set?
Tragedy
Thebes
This adjective describes something that can be understood in more than one way; unclear.
Ambiguous
"What? What man alive would dare [bury the body]?"
1) What is dramatic irony?
2) How is this an example?
When audience knows what characters don't
We know the body has been buried by a female
State 3 examples of Structural Techniques
List
Repetition
Short/Long sentences
! ?
Etc...
What is the purpose of the Sentry/Guard?
Foil to Creon
Highlight Creon's unjust characteristics
This noun means an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.
Edict
Identify at least 5 techniques used in the following lines:
"Polynices -
like an eagle screaming, winging havoc
over the land, wings of armor
shielded white as snow,"
simile
enjambment
caesura
word choice
metaphor
(colour) symbolism
Explain oxymoron
Two contrasting ideas directly next to each other, e.g. beautiful horror, loving hate, etc...
Antigone, Etocles, Polynices, Haemon, Eurydice
This word means excessive pride or arrogance, often against the gods.
Hubris
"My countrymen, the ship of state is safe. The gods who rocked her, after a long, merciless pounding in the storm, have righted her once more."
How does the following quote Appeal to:
1) Ethos
2) Pathos
Students own responses, e.g.
Ethos - "My" = collective; metaphor = educated = "wise"; ref to gods = higher power authority
Pathos - "safe" = relief
What is
1) anaphora
2) epistrophe
Repetition at the start/end of clauses/sentences
State 5 Themes from the text
State vs Moral Law
Civil disobedience
Family Loyalty vs Civic Duty
Role of Women
Power/Leadership
Individual vs State
Open-mindedness vs Narrow
What is the opening Chorus ode called?
Parados
"Is is the east, and Juliet is the sun" (Romeo, A2.2)
Write a short analytical response
Compare sun, e.g. provides warmth and guidance, can also burn and blind
Write a short sentence using juxtaposition
E.g. the calm lake beside the roaring waterfall