Greek Tragedy

Antigone

100

Antigone and Ismene have a conversation about their brothers in this part of the tragedy. It is also where Antigone tells Ismene (& the audience) that she plans to bury her brother even if she is sentenced to death.

What is the PROLOGUE?

200

This character has to live with the guilt that comes on after he makes choices based on his own aspiration and pride.

Who is CREON?

300

These characters represent the council of elders.

What is the CHORUS?

400

This character is called by the king to give a prediction of what might happen... ironically, he is a "seer."

Who is TEIRESIAS?

500

This is how Antigone dies.

What is SUICIDE/HANGED BY HER SCARF?

The Gods

100

Modern theater began in Greece as a form of religious worship to this god.

Who is DIONYSUS?

200

Dionysus was the god of these two things.

What are WINE and FERTILITY?

300

This is another name for Dionysus which is used in "Antigone."

What is BACCHUS?

400

This is the name of the arts-based festival that took place in the spring in celebration of the god it is named for.

What is the DIONYSIAN FESTIVAL?

500

This is what Teiresias does to discover the prophecy about Creon and his family towards the end of "Antigone."

What is a RITUAL SACRIFICE TO THE GODS?

Format

100

In Greek tragedy, the actors wore these to amplify their voices and enable them to change roles quickly.

What are masks?

200

A summary of the story takes place in this section of the tragedy.

What is the PROLOGUE?

300

To aid the audience in viewing the play, actors wore this:

oversized, well-padded costumes, and boots with raised soles (stilts).

400

This section of a tragedy tells the moral of the story.

What is the EXODUS?

500

This character speaks the parados.

What is the CHORUS?

Ancient Stuff

100

According to Aristotle, the effect of a tragedy on the audience was to do this.

What is Catharsis?

1. emotional purging

2. a strangely pleasurable sense of emotional release we experience after watching a great tragedy

3. for some reason, we usually feel exhilarated, not depressed, after a tragedy

200

In Ancient Greece, playwrights were assigned a ______________ as a leader of the chorus who was a wealthy citizen paid to train and costume the chorus and musicians.

What is a choregus?

300

In Ancient Greek theater, the plays were performed in this type of setting/stage.

What is an AMPITHEATRE?

400

In Greek Tragedies, THIS always happens off stage.

What is VIOLENCE?

500

Theatre in the Western World can be traced back to ancient Greece and this century.

What is the 5th century or 500BC?

Miscellaneous

100

This is the name of Antigone's father.

What is OEDIPUS REX?

200

Of the two brothers of Antigone, this brother was doomed to wander the earth as a spirit until Antigone buried him.

Who is POLYNEICES?

300

Crowds of this many people regularly attended the performances, and even criminals were released from prison in order to see the plays

What is 15,000?

400

This song and dance performed by the chorus indicates the end of a scene - also used to provide the chorus’s response to the proceeding scene.

What are Odes?

500

Which actor or actors provided the following:

1.To provide background information for the audience. Express the author's point of view

2.To talk and give advice to the main characters

3.To interpret important events that occur in drama. They helped establish the mood and heighten the dramatic effects.

4.They added color, movement, and spectacle.

5.They served as the ideal spectator, reacting as the author would want

Who is the chorus?