All in the Family
I am the Law!
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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 at the beginning of the play?
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?

His parents hear that he will kill his father and marry his mother.

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?

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
How is Antigone caught burying Polyneices?
The guards dust off the body, and Antigone re-buries it.
400
I have heard them
Muttering and whispering in the dark about this girl
They say no woman has ever, so unreasonably,
Died so shameful a death for a generous act.
Haimon
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 Haimon tries to convince Creon to free Antigone, what does Creon threaten to do in order to teach Haimon a lesson?
Kill Antigone right in front of Haimon.
500
What were Creon's decrees about each brother's body?
Eteocles: buried/honored as a hero Polyneices: body will be left to rot
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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