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Tragic elements
Characters
Plot
Techniques
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Stubbornness, pride and arrogance
What are Creon's fatal flaws?
100
Antigone
Who is the protagonist of the play?
100
When Haemon dies
When is the peripeteia of the play?
100
Antigone's curse and Teiresias' prophecy
Where does Sophocles use foreshadowing?
200
The deaths of Haemon and Eurydice
What are the nemeses of Creon's hubris?
200
Creon
Who is the antagonist of the play?
200
Circumlocution
What does the sentry do when bringing news to Creon?
200
"What man dare do this?"
Where does Sophocles use dramatic irony?
300
His massive change of heart after teiresias’ warning
What is Creon's redemption?
300
Creon's wife
Who is Eurydice?
300
Her respect towards her brother and also the gods
Why does Antigone bury his brother?
300
A quick-fire dialogue technique, where characters speak a line each (usually). Occurs during a confrontation agon).
What is Stichomythia?
400
Creon’s repentance in Exodos ‘Oh!Oh! I who killed you. I admit the truth.’
Where is the anagnorisis of the play?
400
Ismene
Who is Antigone's sister?
400
Haemon is dead by his own hand
Who is Haemon killed by?
400
Summarising the plot and commenting on characters' acts.
What are the functions of the chorus?
500
The cleansing of the mind and soul through the release of emotion, usually pity and fear.
What is catharsis?
500
Teiresias
Who prophesies that Haemon will die?
500
Burying alive
What is Antigone's final punishment?
500
Proleptic irony
Which kind of irony comes to fruition at a later stage in the play?