All in the Family
Antigone plans to marry Haemon, who is also her ________
Cousin
Why did Creon believe that Polyneices was a traitor?
He attacked his own city
Why doesn't Ismene want to help Antigone at the beginning of the play?
Ismene is afraid of Creon's law/punishment
I'm not disrespecting them. But I can't act against the state. That's not in my nature.
Ismene
Why is baby Oedipus sent away from his home?
His parents hear that he will kill his father and marry his mother; avoid the prophecy
Ismene and Eteocles are ___________
Siblings
When the Guard notifies Creon that someone has buried Polyneices, what does Creon accuse him of?
Accepting a bribe to allow the burial of the body.
What were Creon's decrees about each brother's body?
Eteocles: buried/honored as a hero
Polyneices: body will be left to rot and picked apart by animals
Let that day come, oh let it come,
the fairest of all destinies for me,
the one which brings on my last day.
Oh, let it come, so that I never see
another dawn.
Creon
Who does Oedipus leave to look after his four children?
Creon
Eurydice is Haemon's __________
Mother
Why does Antigone refuse to let Ismene claim that she helped bury Polyneices' body?
Antigone loves her sister and wants to protect her; she believes it would be wrong for Ismene to be punished for something she didn't do
Look on me, you lords of Thebes,
the last survivor of your royal house,
see what I have to undergo,
the kind of men who do this to me,
for paying reverence to true piety.
Antigone
What does Oedipus do when his mother/wife hangs herself?
Gouges his eyes out and exiles himself
Creon is Polyneices' _____________
Uncle
Why does Creon believe that locking Antigone in a cave will "absolve the State of her death"?
He isn't actually *killing* her
How is Antigone caught burying Polyneices?
The guards dust off the body and Antigone re-buries it
But in the darkness I can hear them talk—
the city is upset about the girl.
They say of all women here she least deserves
the worst of deaths for her most glorious act.
Haemon
What does Oedipus decree before he exiles himself?
Eteocles and Polyneices will share the crown; he curses the two to kill each other
Jocasta is Antigone's _____________
Mother
When Haemon tries to convince Creon to free Antigone, what does Creon threaten to do in order to teach Haemon a lesson?
Kill Antigone right in front of Haemon
Why did Polyneices and Eteocles kill each other?
They had a deal to share the crown, Eteocles broke his promise, and Polyneices attacked Thebes
That's why I'm now here,
not of my own free will or by your choice.
I know that—for no one likes a messenger
who comes bearing unwelcome news with him.
Guard
Aside from Antigone, what is one of the other plays in the trilogy that focuses on Oedipus and his family?
Oedipus Rex OR Oedipus at Colonus