LITERARY DEVICES
CHARACTER TYPES
TRAGIC HERO
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Which bones are babies born without? Ouchie
Knee caps (patella)
100
The Sentry, who stays fearful and comic in outlook without changing across the play, is this type of character.
Static or flat
100
Creon's excessive pride and refusal to heed advice is, more specifically, this term for dangerous overconfidence.
hubris
100
The mythical queen whose pride in her many children led to their deaths by the gods, invoked by the Chorus as a warning about hubris, is this figure.
Niobe
100
Tiresias recounting a brief story about a bird-augury gone wrong to warn Creon of the gods' anger is an example of this device.
anecdote
200
Scenes, such as Antigone's warnings about excessive pride and inflexible leadership, can be described using one of these literary terms.
didactic/aphora
200
How many fingers does Mickey Mouse have?
8.
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As king of Thebes, Creon possesses this trait required of a classical tragic hero.
noble bloodline / elevated state
200
The blind prophet who warns Creon that the gods are angered by his treatment of Polyneices' body is this character.
Tiresias
200
A protagonist who lacks traditional heroic qualities, such as nobility of spirit or clean moral standing, despite being central to the action, as some readers view Creon, is called this.
anti-hero
300
Placing Antigone's fierce loyalty to family directly beside Creon's rigid loyalty to the state, so the audience compares them, is called this.
juxtaposition
300
Creon, who shifts from stubborn tyrant to broken, remorseful man by the play's end, is this type of character.
Dynamic or round
300
Creon's downfall stems from this Aristotelian term which can be seen in his hubris, overly traditional way of thinking, metaphorical blindness, and unwillingness to listen to the advice of both his son and his followers.
hamartia
300
The ancient Greek custom of hospitality and guest-friendship, which Creon offends by denying proper rites to the dead, is called this.
xenia
300
Creon's realization that his own decree caused the deaths of his son and wife can be categorized using this term of a tragic hero's character arc.
anagnorisis
400
Antigone declaring she would rather die a thousand deaths than leave her brother unburied is an example of this device.
hyperbole
400
Ismene's cautious obedience highlights Antigone's defiance by contrast, making Ismene this type of character.
foil
400
A flamboyance is a group of what animals?
Flamingos
400
The purging or release of emotion an audience feels after watching Creon's downfall is called this.
catharsis
400
The rapid, one-line-per-speaker exchange of dialogue during Antigone and Creon's confrontation is a dramatic technique called this.
stichomythia
500
The tense, quickening exchanges between Antigone and Creon versus the slower, reflective odes of the Chorus show Sophocles varying this literary element
pacing
500
When Sophocles reveals Creon's domineering personality through the Sentry's tepid and bumbling anecdote, he is using this technique.
indirect characterization
500
The sudden reversal of fortune as Creon falls from powerful king to grieving, broken man is called this.
peripeteia
500
Which country is home to the ancient city of Petra, known for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system?
Jordan
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What are baby hedgehogs called?
Hoglets.
