Tragic heroes
True
This is an example of a foil character to Antigone
Creon or Ismene
“You consider it right for a man of my years and experience to go to school to a boy?”
Creon
Eurydice
True or False: Teiresius appears both in the story of Oedipus and the story of Antigone
True
Hamartia is...
A tragic flaw, some character flaw that leads the tragic hero down a path of destruction
A flat character is...
A character we don't know a lot about (ex: Sentry, Choragos, etc.)
“We are only women, we cannot fight with men”
Ismene
He was very reluctant to let Creon know that Polyneices had been buried
the Sentry
Who does the Choragos believed buried Polyneices at the very beginning of the play?
The gods
What is Creon's tragic flaw
Stubbornness, arrogance, always thinking he's right
answers may vary [Creon?]
“In flood time you can see how some trees bend, and because they bend, even their twigs are safe. While stubborn trees are torn up, roots and all.”
Haimon
She married and had children with her son
Jocasta
Who is the author of Antigone?
Sophocles
Catharsis is...
The emotional release / 5th and final step of a tragic hero
The tragic hero of Antigone is...
Creon OR Antigone
“You will do well to listen to him, King, if what he says is sensible. And you, Haimon must listen to your father. Both speak well.”
Choragos
Hanged herself
Antigone
Who is the only major character left alive at the end of the play
Creon
Dionysus
An example of a static character in Antigone...
Antigone herself.
“The time is not far off when you shall pay back corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh”
Teiresias
They believed that, while Antigone's death was sad, she was getting what was earned.
The chorus / choragos
Name 3 characters who Creon is in conflict with throughout the play