All in the Family
I am the Law!
Who said it part 1
Who said it part 2
The end
100
Ismene and Eteocles are ___________
Brother and sister
100
Why did Creon believe that Polyneices was a traitor?
He attacked his own city
100

Then she must die. ––But her death will cause another.

Haimon

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

Why does Eurydice kill herself in the end?

She has suffered the deaths of both of her sons

200
Eurydice is Haimon's __________
Mother
200
What was the original penalty for burying Polyneices' body?
Public execution by stoning
200

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

Chorus/ choragos

200

But come, child: lead me home. Let him waste his fine anger upon younger men. Maybe he will learn at last To control a wiser tongue in a better head.

Teiresias

200

Why does Creon decide to free Antigone in scene 5?

He becomes terrified because of what Teiresias warns him about 

300

Why doesn't Antigone let Ismene die with her? 

Ismene doesn't deserve an honorable death because she didn't help bury Polyneices

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

O God, I am sick with fear. Are there no swords here? Has no one a blow for me?

Creon

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 Creon do BEFORE going to Antigone's tomb to free her, ultimately causing a major interruption to the timing of the play's conclusion?

He first goes to bury Polyneices with the messenger 

400

Why did Polyneices and Eteocles kill each other in the first place? 

They had a deal, Eteocles broke his promise, and Polyneices attacked Thebes.

400
When the sentry notifies Creon that someone has buried Polyneices, what does Creon threaten him with?
Torture
400

I have heard something, friends:As I was unlocking the gate of Pallas’ shrine,For I needed her help today, I heard a voice Telling of some new sorrow. And I fainted There at the temple with all my maidens about me. But speak again: whatever it is, I can bear it: Grief and I are no strangers.

Eurydice

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

Who gives the final words in the exodus?

Chorus/ choragos

500

What were Creon's 2 decrees about each brother after their deaths?

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

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

I went with Creon To the outer plain where Polyneices was lying, No friend to pity him, his body shredded by dogs.

Messenger

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

What does Antigone hang herself with?

Her own veil 

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