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Death and Destiny
How Tragic!
100
This is the group of people that both narrate and interact with the characters in the play.
Who are the Chorus?
100
This is what Antigone wants Ismene to help her do.
What is bury Polynieces?
100
This character says, "Think about how much more terrible our own death would be if we should go against Creon!"
Who is Ismene?
100
This is the curse Oedipus brought upon his family.
What is he killed his father and married his mom?
100
Pride and stubbornness are examples of this characteristic.
What is a tragic flaw?
200
This is what Greek actors wore to symbolize characters and to portray emotion.
What are masks?
200
Oedipus is related to Antigone in these two ways.
What is her brother and her father?
200
This character says, "I have been a stranger here in my own land: all my life, the blasphemy of my birth has followed me."
Who is Antigone?
200
He is the brother who defended Thebes.
Who is Eteocles?
200
Creon believes both the Sentry and Tiresias are taking these.
What are bribes?
300
The Greeks put on week-long festivals to honor this god.
Who is Dionysus?
300
When brought before Creon, Ismene initially says this.
What is that she helped bury her brother?
300
This character says, "If we must lose, let's lose to a man, at least. Is a woman stronger than we?"
Who is Creon?
300
Haemon attempts to do this before he commits suicide.
What is he attempts to kill his father?
300
Tiresias is an ironic character because of this.
What is he is a blind prophet but he is the only one who can truly see?
400
Greek society was dominated by men. Therefore, Greek society is identified as this type of society.
What is patriarchal?
400
Creon was originally going to kill Antigone in this manner.
What is stone her to death?
400
This character says, "We threw the dice, and the bad luck fell to me. So here I am. Nobody like the man who brings bad news."
Who is the Sentry?
400
Antigone dies because she does this.
What is hang herself?
400
The play was written by this playwright.
Who is Sophocles?
500
The tragic hero has these four characteristics.
What are nobility, tragic flaw, downfall, and realization?
500
This character says, "The time is not far off when you shall pay back corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh."
Who is Tiresias?
500
During the play, this is the number of people who died, and they died in this manner.
What is three: one by hanging, two by stabbing themselves?
500
The concept of the tragic hero was developed by this philosopher.
Who is Aristotle?
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