Characters and Motivations
Antigone and Family Background
Greek Drama and Sophocles
Pronunciation
Tragic Hero and Tragedy
100
Why is the king angry with Antigone?
What is Antigone has broken the King's rules and buried her brother
100
What was the curse that was put on the family?
What is Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother
100
What is a group of actors who move together called?
What is the chorus
100
How do you pronounce Athene?
What is A-thee-neh
100
What emotions do tragedy and the tragic hero use?
What is tragedy arouses the emotions of pity, fear, wound, and awe
200
What did the guard find during the dust storm?
What is he found somebody trying to bury the body again
200
What did the king and queen do to avoid fulfillment of the prophecy?
What is they leave the baby Oedipus in the mountains to die from exposure
200
Who was born in 496 B.C. and lived for 90 years?
Who is Sophocles
200
Where should you put an accent on two syllables?
What is you should accent the first
200
How does the hero end?
What is the downfall of the hero usually ends with his or her destruction or death
300
How might Haemon(Creon's son) feel about his fiances actions?
What is feel guilty because he should tell his father
300
What do Queen Jocasta and Oedipus do when they find out that they have actually fulfilled the prophecy?
What is Queen Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus blinds and exiles himself
300
What did the actors perform on?
What is a slightly raised platform
300
How do you say Aphrodite?
What is ah-froh-di-tie
300
What is tragedy?
What is a difficult and rewarding form of drama which was made into an art by the Greeks
400
What is the duty of the guard?
What is to protect the corpses that they are told not to bury
400
Before Oedipus dies, he leaves orders for his two sons to share the throne, Eteocles is the first to rule. What does his brother do when Eteocles refuses to step down?
What is Polyneices attacks the city and his brother and they both die in battle
400
What does the audience come to see?
What is the actors emotions
400
How is ch pronounced?
What is like k
400
What does the hero gain?
What is self-knowledge or understanding
500
What occurred between Creon's nephews?
What is they killed each other in battle
500
What event begins the plays action?
What is Antigone buries her brother against the order of her uncle.
500
How old was Sophocles when he won his first award?
What is 28.
500
Th is always______and never rough
What is smooth
500
How is the tragic downfall created?
What is the hero has free choice that makes the downfall his own fault.
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