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Ancient History
100
This person is considered a traitor and denied a proper burial in the city of Thebes.
Who is Polyneices?
100
Antigone's fiance`
Who is Haemon?
100

Creon makes this decision at the end of the play. Unfortunately, it is too late.

What is, to free Antigone?

100
Creon will make his son do this as a reprisal for arguing against him.
What is, watch Antigone die?
100
The theory that all texts throughout history are in dialogue with one another 

What is "intertextuality" 

200
This person causes three deaths in the play.
Who is Creon?
200
From whom does Antigone originally try to get help to bury Polyneices?
Who is Ismene?
200

Name at least 2 rules of quote embedding 

What is: 

-The lead-in & quote must match in both tense AND POV. You can manipulate the quote to match using brackets
-The lead-in & quote must form one full grammatically correct sentence
-If you cut off the original quote in the middle of a sentence, you do NOT end it with a comma. You end with an ellipses
-If the original quote ends with a period, you omit the period entirely and replace it with nothing 

200
What happens to Creon at the end of the story?
He is left alive to suffer the loss of his family.
200

Define "archetype" 

A literary pattern that develops from repeated story components throughout history 

300
They give an unbiased voice and sum up and help the audience better understand the action in the play.
Who is the Chorus?
300
This character brings bad news about the suicides
Who is, the messenger
300

This character describes this character as a stubborn tree, unwilling to bend 

Haemon --> Creon 

300
Antiogne's punishment for going against Creon
What is, she will be locked in a vault?
300

Name the 3 types of Greek plays. 

What are comedies, tragedies, and satyrs 

400
This goddess of love is referred to by the chorus in the play.
Who is Aphrodite?
400
He fought for the city of Thebes.
Who is Eteocles?
400
Ismene says, "He has no right to keep me from my own". True or False
What is, False
400
Haemon's reaction to seeing Antigone in the vault.
What is, he stabs himself?
400

For which God was theater originally created in Ancient Greece? 

Who is Dionysus
500
He begins his argument with respect, but ends up comparing his opponent to a woman.
Who is Haemon?
500
Oedipus's wife
Who is, Jocasta?
500
The chorus was right in assuming that Eurydice would not act rashly upon finding out about the death of her son True or Fale
False
500
Why did Antigone sprinkle dust over the body of her brother, Polyneices?
What is, to give him a proper burial?
500

Name at least one of Sophocles' contributions to theater.

He added a 3rd actor (reducing the Chorus size), & making the conflict on stage more dramatic 

He created the first backdrops/scenery paintings 

He ended the trend of trilogies in Greek plays