Characters
Daughter of Oedipus, very pious, brave, and loyal.
Who is Antigone?
Why did Antigone get sent to prison?
What is "wanting to give her brother Polyneices a proper burriel".
What is the first part of an ode called?
What is Strophe?
What animal is the enemy army symbolic of?
What is a dragon?
“All but that pair of wretched men, born of one father and one mother, too— who set their conquering spears against each other and then both shared a common death”
Who are the pair of wretched men being referred to in this quote?
Who is Polyneices and Eteocles?
King of Thebes, uncle of Antigone and Ismene. An egotistical, hubristic individual.
Who is King Creon?
What happened to King Creon?
What is the second/middle part of an ode called?
What is Antistrophe?
This Greek god is symbolic of lightning, justice and order.
Who is Zeus?
“Now victory with her glorious name has come, bringing joy to well-armed Thebes.”
What literary element can be identified in this quote?
What is personification?
Son of Creon, fiance to Antigone.
Who is Haimon?
Who attacked Thebes?
What is Argos?
What is the closing section of an ode called?
What is Epode?
This Greek god is symbolic of war, violence, and chaos.
Who is Ares?
“The battle’s done—let’s strive now to forget with songs and dancing all night long, with Bacchus leading us to make Thebes shake."
Who is Bacchus?
Who is the god of wine?
Also daughter of Oedipus. Attempts to stop Antigone from barrying Polyneices.
Who is Ismene?
The plot is driven by Antigone's ideology that the rules of the _____ are more important than the rules of the king.
Who are the gods?
Even though the Chorus is composed of a number of individuals, it functions as what?
What is One Character?
This Greek goddess is symbolic of victory and triumph.
Who is Nike?
“I’m not disrespecting them. But I can’t act against the state. That’s not in my nature.”
Who is this statement made by?
Who is Antigone?
The blind prophet who influences Creon to spare Antigone her life.
Who is Teiresias?
King Creon meets with a b____ p___ and receives a bold warning.
What is a blind prophet?
In a Greek drama this is an example of what?
[Thebes,1 in front of the palace, which stands in the background, its main doors facing the audience. Enter Antigone leading Ismene away from the palace]
What are stage directions?
This Greek god is symbolic of fire.
Who is Hephaistos?
"I was afraid. So right away up on the blazing altar I set up burnt offerings."
Who was this statement made by?
Who is Teresias?