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Oedipus Review
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Ismene and Eteocles are ___________
Brother and sister
100
Why did Creon believe that Polyneices was a traitor?
He attacked his own city
100
Why doesn't Ismene want to help Antigone at the beginning of the play?
Ismene is afraid of Creon's law/punishment
100
I will carry her far away
Out there in the wilderness, and lock her
Living in a vault of stone.
Creon
100
Why is baby Oedipus sent away from his home?
His parents hear that he will kill his father and marry his mother.
200

Creon is Haimon's __________

Father

200
What was the original penalty for burying Polyneices' body?
Public execution by stoning
200

Why doesn't Antigone let Ismene die with her?

Ismene doesn't deserve an honorable death because she didn't help bury Polyneices

200
Do you refuse me, Antigone? I want to die with you.
Ismene
200
Why does Oedipus leave Corinth and travel back towards Thebes?
He believes that the king+queen of Corinth are his real parents.
300
Antigone plans to marry Haimon, who is also her ________
Cousin
300

Why does Creon believe that locking Antigone in a cave is a good compromise or will "absolve the State of her death"?

He isn't actually *killing* her

300

Why did Polyneices and Eteocles kill each other?

 Polyneices attacked Thebes.

300
Oh tell it! Tell everyone!
Think how they'll hate you when it all comes out
If they learn that you knew about it all along!
Antigone
300
What does Oedipus do when his mother/wife hangs herself?
Gouges his eyes out with her jewelry.
400
Creon was Polyneices' _____________
Uncle
400

When the sentry notifies Creon that someone has buried Polyneices, what does Creon threaten him with?

Kill him or torture him

400
How is Antigone caught burying Polyneices?
The guards dust off the body, and Antigone re-buries it.
400
I have heard them
Muttering and whispering in the dark about this girl
They say no woman has ever, so unreasonably,
Died so shameful a death for a generous act.
Haimon
400

How is Oedipus related to the story of Antigone?

He is her father. 

500
Oedipus was Antigone's father and _____________
(half) brother
500

When Haimon tries to convince Creon to free Antigone, what does Haimon threaten when Creon won't change his mind? 

To end his own life. 

500
What were Creon's decrees about each brother's body?
Eteocles: buried/honored as a hero Polyneices: body will be left to rot
500

But I can no longer stand in awe of this, Nor, seeing what I see, keep back my tears. Here is Antigone, passing to that chamber. Where all find sleep at last.

Choragus

500

How does Oedipus' kill his father?

In a fight along the road