Antigone
How is Antigone to be executed for her crimes?
Locked in a stone vault
How is Creon related to Antigone?
When Creon says that "one has just lost her mind and the other never had a mind at all," which character never had a mind at all?
Antigone
Why are Antigone's brother's dead at the beginning of the play?
They died fighting for the throne.
Who was not allowed to be a part of the theater ensemble?
Women
How does Antigone die?
She hangs herself.
What is Creon's first edict?
Do not bury traitors (like Polyneices)
Who said, "We cannot fight with men."
Ismene
How does Oedipus punish himself after learning he fulfilled his prophecy?
He blinds himself.
Who wrote Antigone?
Sophocles
Which character does Antigone bury?
Polyneices
Pride
Who said, "And death is is, yet money talks?"
Creon
What are the 3 parts to Oedipus' prophecy?
1. Kill his father
2. Take his throne
3. Take the queen (his mother) as his wife
What are the two jobs of the chorus?
1. Narrator
2. Townspeople
What is the name of Antigone's father?
Oedipus
Who all dies because of Creon's action in Antigone?
Antigone, Haimon, and Eurydice
Who said, "It is not reason to never yield to reason?"
Haimon
What creature did Oedipus have to kill to become king? Hint: He answered the riddle correctly.
Sphinx
What is the definition of a tragedy?
Character brings about own ruin because of a character flaw
She is her mother and grandmother.
Whose body is Creon holding when the story ends?
Haimon
Who said, "The only crime is pride?"
Teiresias
What are the names of all four of Oedipus and Iocaste's children?
Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene
What are the 3 parts of the physical theater?
1. Theatron
2. Orchestra
3. Skene