"He the wild eagle scream insults above our land, his wings their shields of snow, his crest their marshaled helms" (10-13).
What motif is used in this line?
Bird motif
100
Allusions are _________ to ancient characters or classic literature events/ideas/people.
Fill in the blank.
What is references/clues/shout-outs
100
The writer of "Antigone"
Who is Sophocles
100
The cause or mode of death for Antigone?
What is hanging
200
Son of Creon, lover of Antigone?
Who is Haemon?
200
A motif is defined as a________ , image, idea or symbol a that develops or explains a ________of a story.
Fill in the blanks.
recurring (constant); theme
200
How was Creon the victim of dramatic irony in Scene 2?
What is He did not realize Antigone buried the body of Polyneices (she was a woman) after he made a law condemning this crime.
200
These were worn by actors in Greek Tragedy plays
What are masks, robes
200
The cause or mode of death of Haemon
What is stabbing (by his own sword)
300
Blind profit of Thebes, who is led by a boy
who is Teriesias?
300
"Numberless are the world’s wonders, but none
More wonderful than man; the storm-grey sea Yields to his prows; the huge crests bear him high" (1-3)
what motif is used here?
What is the ship at sea motif?
300
The primary allusion (reference) made by the Chorus during the Odes in "Antigone"
What is the Greek gods and myths.
300
The backdrop for the play behind which the actors changed costumes in between scenes.
What is the skene
300
The punishment given to Antigone by Creon
What is sealed in a tomb alive
400
The wife of Creon and queen of Thebes.
who is Eurydice?
400
The 3 major motifs in "Antigone"
What is bird, ship at sea, and burial/tomb
400
Explain the difference between dramatic irony and situational irony.
Situational - the opposite of what is expected happens.
Dramatic - the reader/audience knows info that the character(s) do not.
400
The leader of the chorus who interacts with characters
Who is the Choragus
400
The term for the characteristic of a person who meets his/her demise/ruin in the catastrophe
What is tragic flaw
500
The brother of Antigone who was killed and honored as a hero.
Who was Eteocles?
500
In what part of the play do motifs generally occur?
What is in the Odes
500
The Greek god/goddess which the Chorus alludes to in Ode 3 (after Scene 3).
Who is Aphrodite
500
The official names of the final two scenes in Greek tragedy:
Fill in the blank...
Prologue, Parodos, Scene 1; Ode 1, Scene 2; ode 2, Scene 3; Ode 3, Scene 4; Ode 4, Scene 5,_________, _________
What is Paean followed by Exodos
500
What is Creon's basic viewpoint that leads to his own tragic demise?
What is he believed law/state/government were more important than morals and the gods.