"And now you can prove what you are: a true sister,or a traitor to your family."
Who is Antigone
100
Classic drama originated in the country.
What is Greece
100
This character is the tragic hero of the play.
Who is Creon
200
He dies defending Thebes.
Who is Etocles
200
Antigone is engaged to him.
Who is Haemon
200
"We are only women; we cannot fight with men . . ."
Who is Ismene
200
This group of people would sing and chant on stage.
Who is the chorus
200
This character is the protagonist of the play.
Who is Antigone
300
She decides not to help her sister bury her brother.
Who is Ismene
300
He is who Creon first blames for the burial.
Who is the sentry
300
"Here is this woman. She is the guilty one; we found her trying to bury him."
Who is the Sentry
300
Actors would use this to make sure people could see and hear them on stage.
What are masks
300
Creon holds this position in Thebes, which fulfills the "nobility" requirement of a tragic hero.
What is a regent or placeholder-king
400
She commits suicide with a dagger.
Who is Eurydice
400
This is where Antigone is sent to die.
What is a cave
400
"No marriage means more to me than your continuing wisdom."
Who is Haemon
400
Classical drama originated in festivals that honored this god.
Who is Dionysus
400
The downfall of the tragic hero in Antigone is caused by this.
What is his pride or arrogance
500
She is Antigone's mother.
Who is Jocasta
500
Antigone has these figures (who are never seen in the play) on her side.
Who are the Greek gods
500
"There is no happiness where this is no wisdom; no wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, and proud men in old age learn to be wise."
Who is the chorus
500
These were the three parts of the Greek stage.
What are the orchestra, skene, and theatron
500
Any tragic hero must experience this at the end of the play.