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Greek Theater
It's a Tragedy
About the Author
Antigone and Her Family
Literary Terms
100
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who are the Greeks?
100
He wrote three Theban Plays.
Who is Sophocles?
100
These are Antigone's parents.
Who are Oedipus and Jocasta?
100

Specific information about a character provided by the narrator or author

What is direct characterization?

200
The part of a Greek play usually chanted or sung in unison.
What is the Choral Ode?
200

Involves the downfall of a hero, usually ending with destruction or death.

What is tragedy?

200

The number Sophocles' plays that still exist out of over 100.

What is 7?

200

Antigone, Ismene, Eteocles and Polyneices

What are the names of Oedipus' children?

200

The turning point in a narrative

What is the climax?

300
Platform shoes and masks with built-in megaphones
What are costumes in Greek tragedy?
300

A weakness such as pride, quickness to anger, or misjudgment

What is a tragic flaw?

300
This is the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
What is the "Golden Age" of Greece?
300

It says: "Your son will kill his father and marry his mother"

What is the prophecy?

300

The organized sequence of events in a story

What is the plot?

400
A group of actors that moved and sang together acting as one character.
What is the Chorus?
400

Intense emotion that leads to a release

What is catharsis?

400
The number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
400
She is both mother and Wife of Oedipus
Who is Jocasta?
400

Ther perspective from which the story is told

What is the point of view?

500
The Greek word for actor.
What is hypokrites?
500

Achieved when the hero gains self-knowledge or understanding, usually right before their downfall. 

What is redemption?

500
Sophocles' was this age when he first won the drama competition.
What is 28?
500

The reason Antigone buries her brother against the order of her uncle (King Creon)

What is so his soul will be at rest?

500
The main character driving the story

Who is the protagonist?