Show:
Scenes 1 & 2
Characters
Scenes 3 & 4
Scene 5
Scene 6
100
Creon rules that this brother NOT be buried
Who is Polynices
100
Antigone's, Ismene's, Etocles' and Polynice's father
Who is Oedipus?
100
What has the watchman discovered?
What is that Antigone was attempting to bury her brother?
100
Tiresias' "power"
What is psychic ability?
100
Haemon's last act of defiance against his father before he kills himself.
What is spitting in his face?
200
Antigone wants to do this to her brother
What is bury him/sprinkle dirt over his dead body
200
The blind prophet (psychic)
Who is Tiresias?
200
The punishment for any who buries (or attempts) to bury Antigone's brother.
What is death?
200
The signs Tiresias says he knows Creon is headed for trouble?
What is sacrifices not being accepted by the gods?
200
What do the messenger and Creon discover in the cave?
What is Antigone has hanged herself?
300
The reason the brothers fight and, eventually, kill each other
What is desire for power?
300
Antigone's cousin/fiance
Who is Haemon?
300
This person lies and says he/she helped Antigone because he/she wants Antigone's life spared.
Who is Ismene?
300
Creon's reaction to Tiresias' prophecies
What is disbelief?
300
What is Eurydice's last act of defiance against her husband before her death?
What is cursed him?
400
The reason the king rules this person cannot be buried.
What is he began a war which led to his brother's death?
400
People responsible for participating in and explaining actions of the play.
Who are the chorus?
400
What is Haemon's internal conflict?
What is whether or not to agree with his father or take Antigone's side.
400
What Tiresias "sees" coming to Creon's family
What is death?
400
What can the audience assume happened to Creon after he walked off stage?
What is killed himself?
500
The "people" who rule all must be buried according to tradition.
Who are the gods?
500
Of the four descendants of Oedipus and Jocasta, this child is the only one (presumably) still alive at the end of the play.
Who is Ismene?
500
Who does the chorus blame for Antigone's family's misfortune?
What is fate?
500
Creon's decision at the end of the scene
What is bury Polynices and save Antigone?
500
The message the chorus gives the audience about the lesson to be learned?
What is don't disobey the law of the gods?