All in the Family
I am the Law!
Relative Rivalries
Who Said That?
Oedipus Review
100
Ismene and Eteocles are ___________
Brother and sister
100
Why did Creon believe that Polyneices was a traitor?
He attacked his own city
100

Why doesn't Ismene want to help Antigone in the prologue?

Ismene is afraid of Creon's law/punishment

100
I will carry her far away
Out there in the wilderness, and lock her
Living in a vault of stone.
Creon
100

Why is baby Oedipus sent away from his home?

Because of the Oracle's prophecy that he will kill his father.

200
Eurydice is Haimon's __________
Mother
200
What was the original penalty for burying Polyneices' body?
Public execution by stoning
200
Why doesn't Antigone let Ismene die with her?
Ismene doesn't deserve an honorable death because she didn't help bury Polyneices
200
Do you refuse me, Antigone? I want to die with you.
Ismene
200

Why does Oedipus leave Corinth and travel back towards Thebes?

To escape his fate because he believes that the king+queen of Corinth are his real parents.

300
Antigone plans to marry Haimon, who is also her ________
Cousin
300
Why does Creon believe that locking Antigone in a cave will "absolve the State of her death"?
He isn't actually *killing* her
300
Why did Polyneices and Eteocles kill each other?
They had a deal, Eteocles broke his promise, and Polyneices attacked Thebes.
300
Oh tell it! Tell everyone!
Think how they'll hate you when it all comes out
If they learn that you knew about it all along!
Antigone
300
What does Oedipus do when his mother/wife hangs herself?
Gouges his eyes out with her jewelry.
400
Creon was Polyneices' _____________
Uncle
400
When the sentry notifies Creon that someone has buried Polyneices, what does Creon threaten him with?
Torture
400

What were Creon's decrees about each brother's body?

Eteocles: buried/honored as a hero Polyneices: body will be left to rot 

400

We threw the dice, And the bad luck fell to me. So here I am, No happier to be here than you are to have me: Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.

Sentry/Guard (represents comic relief)

400
How does Oedipus defeat the Sphinx?
He answers its riddle, and it kills itself.
500
Oedipus was Antigone's father and _____________
(half) brother
500

When Haemon tries to convince Creon to free Antigone, what does Creon threaten to do to teach Haimon a lesson?

Kill Antigone right in front of Haimon.

500

What are two possible reasons for Haemon to challenge his father, Creon?

Concern for justice (people of Thebes say they are innocent) AND/OR Love for Antigone

500
The time is not far off when you shall pay back
Corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh
You have thrust a child of this world into living night
You have kept from the gods below a child that is theirs.
Tiresias
500
How does Oedipus' kill his father?
Road rage
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