Antigone
Is loyal to this to a fault
What is family?
Is loyal to
What is state/government/law/Creon?
This brother received something that his brother Polyneices did not.
What are his burial rites?
This brother did not receive something that his brother Eteocles did
What are his burial rites?
At the beginning of Scene 2, the Sentry brings this person to Creon
Who is Antigone?
The reason Antigone provides for defying Creon's law
What is "Zeus did not announce those laws to me"?
She tried to stop her sister from breaking this law
What is King Creon's proclamation?
This brother will be honored with burial rites for his valor for doing this
What is defending the City of Thebes from Polyneices?
The chorus accuses Antigone of being this
What is "passionate" and "having no sense of compromise in times of trouble"?
Admitted to the act of
What is burying her brother Polyneices?
What is laws?
This brother did not want to share power with this man
What is to share power as King?
Creon's motive for insisting on Antigone's death
What is Antigone broke the law?
She broke Creon's law because the law wasn't given by this God
Who is Zeus?
The reason she gave for wanting to take up responsibility with her sister for the burial of Polyneices
What is because she couldn't live without her?
He was slain by this man
Who is Polyneices?
Polyneices was slain by this man in single combat
Who is his brother Eteocles?
Ismene now wants to share the blame for Polyneices death for this reason
What is she doesn't want to live without Antigone?
Did not want this person to take up responsibility with her for burying her brother
Who is Ismene?
She holds mostly the same views as this person
Who is King Creon, her uncle?
This was the brother who, when it came down to sharing power, did not alternate his title as King
Who is Eteocles?
Polyneices was condemned and stripped of his burial rites after his death, by this man who became King afterwards
Who is King Creon, his uncle?
He said, "An enemy can never be a friend, not even in death" and meant this
Who is Creon? And what is he meant that just because Polyneices is dead, doesn't mean he should be treated as a friend?