Antigone Vocabulary
Oedipus Vocabulary
People
Places
Conflicts
100
Being peaceful, serene
What is tranquility
100
smell, odor
What is reek
100
Cursed for killing his father and marrying his mother.
Who is Oedipus
100
Where Antigone was placed instead of being executed, and the site of Antigone's and Haimon's suicides.
What is a tomb.
100
Ismene believes women cannot fight with men, because they are less powerful. Antigone fights for what she believes in, no matter what gender she is.
What is Ismene vs. Antigone
200
Mentally ill or insane.
What is demented
200
hopeless
What is futile
200
Buries her brother illegaly and is sentenced to death.
Who is Antigone
200
Where both Oedipus and Creon once ruled
Where is Thebes
200
Antigone calls Creon a fool, Creon punishes Antigone for burying her brother.
What is Antigone vs. Creon
300
A condition of pain
What is affliction
300
doubt, misgiving
What is qualm
300
Causes the death of his son, niece, and wife.
Who is Creon
300
Where the oracle was found seeing Oedipus' future.
Where is Delphi
300
Haimon says another life will be lost if Creon executes Antigone.
What is Haimon vs. Creon
400
To oppose in an argument
What is to contravene
400
a kingdom; a field, sphere or province
What is a realm
400
Oedipus' wife, Antigone's mother.
Who is Jocasta.
400
Where Laius was killed.
Where is the three way crossroads.
400
Creon will always blame himself for the death of his family.
What is Creon vs. Self
500
Great personal dishonor or humiliation.
What is ignominy
500
Producing offspring; giving rise to
What is spawning
500
Blind prophet who is ridiculed twice for lying to the king.
Who is Tiresias
500
Where Oedipus was once prince.
Where is Corinth.
500
This blind prophet tells this man he is the very curse he is trying to remove.
What is Tiresias vs. Oedipus
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