Vocabulary
Characters
Creons decree
Sibling Rivalrys
100
Excessive pride that they don't know they have
What is Hubris
100
Ruler of The city of Thebes
What is Creon
100
Why does Ismene refuse to help Antogone bury Polynieces
She is afraid of going against Creons Decree
200
This is the group of people that both narrate and interact with the characters in the play
What is chorus
200
Blind Prophet who comes to speak to Creon
What is Teiresias
200
Original penalty if someone was to bury Polynieces
Being stoned to death
200
Why did Antigone decide to bury Polynieces
Because Polyneices was her brother and he deserves to be buried so that he could cross over to underworld
300
Audience get relief of tension from characters pain
What is Catharsis
300
Gouges his eyes out
What is Oedipus
300
How does Creon punish Antigone
He buries her alive
300
Why does Antigone refuse to let Ismene die with her
Doesn't feel like Ismene deserves an honorable death because she didn't help bury Polynieces
400
The hero falls in Greek tragedy by realizing a truth about themselves
What is Tragedy
400
Brother of Ismene and Antigone who was not allowed to have a burial
What is Polynieces
400
Why does Creon believe that locking Antigone in a cave will "absolve the State of her death"?
Because he actually isn't *killing* her
400
Who does Creon takes his place as king after he kills himself
Oedipus
500
Action after end of play
What is Exodus
500
Queen of thiebes,wife of Creon, and mother of Haimon
What is Eurydice
500
When Haimon Gets upset with his father for deciding to kill Antigone what does Creon decide to do as punishment
He decides to kill Antigone in front of him
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