Vocabulary
Define 'Prophet'
What is a person who makes (or claims) to be able to make predictions?
The name of Creon's wife
What is 'Eurydice'?
Define 'Literary foil'
a device writers use to contrast or reflect another character, (often your protagonist) by highlighting their traits, appearance, personality or morals.
What is the tragedy that befalls Creon?
What is 'he loses his son, wife and power.'
Define 'Defiled'
What is 'desecrate or profane something sacred'?
Creon always accuses prophets/messengers of...
What is being bribed?
Define 'Tragic Hero'
What is a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat?
Describe what Creon saw when he entered the rock tomb
What is 'Antigone with her neck hung and Haemon holding her crying'?
Define 'Pithy'
What is, 'short and clever/concise and forcefully expressive (of language or style).'
How many children does Jocasta have?
What is 5?
(Oedipus, Antigone, Ismene, Polyneices, Etecoles)
What is the main literary conflict of the story
What is fate vs free will?
Give at least prophetic sign that Teiresias interpreted
What is the gods did not accept his offerings/birds and dogs brought the rotting flesh of Polyneices to the altars and hearths of Thebes.
Define 'Ominous.'
What is 'refusal to change one's views or to agree about something'?
How did the Chorus Leader affect Creon's decision-making
What is the chorus leader succeeded in persuading Creon to right his wrongs and give Polyneices proper burial?
Define 'Intransigence'
What is, 'refusal to change one's views or to agree about something'?
Give five adjectives to describe Creon ^^
(up to chinmay's/muna's discretion)