Haimon threatens to _______ if Creon executes Antigone.
What is kill himself
100
What is Eurydice's response to news of her son's suicide?
She killed herself.
100
"If we must lose, let's lose to a man at least. Is a woman stronger than we?"
Who is Creon
200
The "seeing space" where the audience sat
What is the theatron
200
Reason Creon forbids the burying of Polynieces
What is Polynieces is a traitor.
200
According to Haimon, how do the people of Thebes feel about Antigone and her crime?
Acceptable answers: They think she deserves honor, not punishment. They think it is shameful that she is going to be punished.
200
What two things must Creon do to make things right with the gods?
1. Bury Polynieces
2. Free Antigone
200
"Think about how much more terrible...our own death would be if we should go against Creon and do what is forbidden!"
Who is Ismene
300
The "dancing space" where the actors and chorus performed
What is the orchestra
300
Antigone's reason for disobeying Creon's decree
Any of the following: She loves her brother and wants to honor him, she is answering to a higher power instead of Creon, she is trying to make the gods happy.
300
After Haimon threatens to kill himself if Creon executes Antigone, Creon's response is ____.
He tells the servants to bring Antigone to him immediately he can kill her and make Haimon watch.
300
What message does Tieresias bring to Creon?
He will repay corpse for corpse, flesh for flesh. People in his house will curse him.
300
The time is not far off when you shall pay back corpse for corpse and flesh for your own flesh..."
Who is Tieresias
400
Backstage, where actors changed masks and rested between scenes
What is the skene
400
The Chorus says Polynieces' burial is the work of _____.
What is the gods
400
Why does Creon decide to lock Antigone in a vault instead of publicly executing her as he had originally planned?
He would feel less responsible for her death.
400
What state is Antigone in when Creon arrives at her tomb?
She is dead from hanging herself.
400
"I have been a stranger here in my own land: all my life, the blasphemy of my birth has followed me."
Who is Antigone
500
The songs the chorus performed were called ____.
What are odes
500
Antigone's attitude when she is apprehended
Anything like the following: proud, boastful, defiant, unapologetic, arrogant, stubborn, etc.
500
Name the two metaphors that Haimon uses to convince his dad to stop being so stubborn. (must have BOTH for credit!)
1. a tree in flood time
2. a sailboat with a flexible sail
500
Describe Creon's punishment for his role in the outcome of the play.
He must live with the guilt of being responsible for the death of his son and wife, in addition to Antigone.
500
"There is no happiness...but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, and proud men in old age learn to be wise."