Sophocles
Family Ties
Greek Theater
Oedipus
Monologue
100
Sophocles had these two main jobs
Philosopher and playwright
100
This person wants to marry Antigone
Haemon
100
All actors were this gender
male
100
The name of his mother
Jocasta
100
True or false: a monologue most be spoken to at least one other person
true
200
He had this amount of people in his plays
3
200
This person has to make sure no one buries the corpse
Guard
200
Characters wore this piece of clothing during plays
mask
200
Became king of this city after killing his father
Thebes
200
True or false: a monologue and a soliloquy are the same thing
false
300
This play, written by Sophocles, is about a son who kills his father and marries his mother
Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King
300
He became king because his two nephews killed each other
Creon
300
Tragedies were performed as part of this kind of festival
Religious
300
Oedipus did this to himself after figuring out who he was
made himself blind/ took his eyes out
300
Changing this can help an audience hear whether or not a character is angry or sad
tone of voice/ pitch
400
True or False: Sophocles wrote during the golden age.
True
400
You are Antigone's sister
Ismene
400
Tragedies included this kind of character. A man with a great downfall.
Tragic hero
400
Oedipus had this many children
four
400
This prefix means "one"
mono
500
Won his first prize in play writing at this age.
28
500
You are trying to bury your dead brother
Antigone
500
This group of actors served as singers, and a sort of narrator for the plays.
chorus
500
Jocasta did this to herself after she found out who Oediups was
hung herself
500
This root word means "to speak" or "talking"
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