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How Tragic!
100
This is the group of people that both narrate and interact with the characters in the play.
What is the Chorus.
100

What is the purpose of Tiresias in Scene 5 when he speaks with Creon?

To explain a sacrifice.

To warn him about tragedy that will come to his family.

To warn about the downfall of Thebes.

100

This person said "My own brother And yours I will!  If you will not, I will; I shall not prove disloyal."

Antigone

100
This is how Oedipus brought a curse upon his family.
What is the fact that he married mom and killed dad.
100

This person is the tragic hero by the end of the play.

Creon

200

What did Greek actors wear to symbolize characters and portray emotion from a far distance?

masks

200

Describe the thoughts & feelings of Antigone at the beginning of Scene 4.

She is in a state of woe and mourning; realizing she will never marry, never have kids, and has no one standing by her side.

200

This person said “Die as she may, she shall not die alone."

Haemon

200

Who wrote Antigone?

Sophocles

200

These are the three people that died and how they died.

Haemon, Antigone, and Eurydice. All died by suicide.

300

The Greeks put on week-long festivals to honor this god.

Dionysus

300

What is the significance of the Messenger in Scene 6?

*Tells the story of Creon's downfall

*Describes Creon burying Polynices

*Describes the events of Antigone's death

*Describes the final argument between Creon & Haemon and Haemon's death

300

This person said "Listen to what my art foreshadoweth, And thou shalt know."

Tiresias

300

How many characters performed on a stage in classical dramas?

three (3)

300

What reason does the Messenger give for Eurydice's death?

"Soon as she heard the raising of the wail for her son's death, she stabbed herself to the heart."

400
These people were viewed as inferior and irrational in Greek society.
What are women.
400

Describe Creon at the end of the play.

He is hopeless due to all of the loss he caused; he blames himself for the deaths (especially Haemon and Eurydice).  Cries out "Woe..." several times.

400

"Thou Grave, my bridal chamber!  Hollowed in earth, the everlasting prison Whither I bend my steps, to join the band Of kindred..."

Antigone

400

What personality trait did Creon and Antigone share?

stubbornness (pride)

400

Why does Creon say the following:  "Woe is me! to none else can they lay it, This guilt, but to me!  I, I was the slayer, I say it, Unhappy, of thee!"

He is admitting fault and taking responsibility for the deaths (Eurydice, Haemon, and possibly Antigone).

500

In most Greek tragedies, the hero is guilty of this.  Double points if you can use the Greek word for this.

Pride (hubris)
500

Who were the two people to influence Creon's opinion regarding Polynices & Antigone?

Tiresias & 1 Senator

500
"That man ye shall not cover with a tomb; Not even for horror at such sacrilege Will I permit his burial.  This I know;"

Creon

500

Predict what happened to Ismene.

accept valid responses.

500

What is the tragic flaw Creon made?

He decided to bury the body of Polynices before going to release Antigone.