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Literary Terms
Background
Exposition
Prologue & Parados
Scene 1 & Ode 1
100
"Antigone" would be categorized under this literary genre
What is Drama?
100
The author of the Ancient Greek trilogy which includes "Antigone"
Who is Sophocles?
100
The country in which Thebes was located; the setting of "Antigone"
What is Greece?
100
The Parados describes a battle in which this conquered army attacked the Seven Gates of Thebes at one.
What is the Argive Army?
100
When the sentries realize someone has thrown dust over the body, they use this to determine which of them must tell the king.
What is throwing dice?
200
The sequence of events in a play or a story.
What is the plot?
200
The father of Antigone, Ismene, Polynieces, and Eteocles. Married to Jocasta, his mother.
Who is Oedipus?
200
King of Thebes following the death of Polynieces and Eteocles
Who is Creon?
200
Creon issues a decree after the death of Oedipus's two sons in battle. The decree forbids mourning or burial of this "traitor" son.
Who is Polynieces?
200
The group of elders who always present the Parados, Odes, an Exodus in Greek tragedies.
What is the chorus?
300
Like a map; used by reader's to analyze literary works and by writers to organize a story.
What is a plot diagram?
300
In Ancient Greece, drama began as festivals to honor this Greek God of wine and fertility.
Who is Dionysus?
300
The protagonist of the play "Antigone"
Who is Antigone?
300
In Creon's decree, if anyone defies the decree, it is stated that this punishment will be exacted on the guilty.
What is stoning in the public square?
300
The sentries seize this person and bring them to the king for defying his decree.
Who is Antigone?
400
Found at the beginning of the plot. Used to "expose" the setting, conflicts, and characters.
What is exposition?
400
The father of Antigone, Ismene, Polynieces, and Eteocles. Married to Jocasta, his mother.
Who is Oedipus?
400
The antagonist of the play "Antigone"
Who is Creon?
400
After hearing the king's decree, Antigone seeks out this person in hopes that she will gain assistance in burying her brother.
Who is her sister Ismene?
400
Creon has these two people taken into captivity for defying his decree against burying Polynieces.
Who are Antigone and Ismene?
500
The part of the plot which end the rising action and begins the falling action; the turning point of a story or a play?
What is the climax?
500
The two themes of this literary unit
What are loyalty and moral dilemmas?
500
The main conflict of the story will be between this uncle and his niece.
Who are Creon and Antigone?
500
Although Antigone argues on the side of honor and the laws of the Gods, her sister supports loyalty to this.
What is the law of the land or the king's laws.
500
Before declaring his decree to the people of Thebes, Creon uses "ship of state" as a metaphor for this.
What is the City of Thebes