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Characters
Conflicts
Ancient Greece
Background
Literary Terms
100
The protagonist
Who is, Antigone?
100
The two characters in the Major conflict
Who are Creon and Antigone?
100
When a soul could not be at rest.
What is if the body was not buried?
100
The person who was going to kill his father and marry his mother.
Who is Oedipus?
100
Main character, the one we usually root for.
What is the protagonist?
200
The antagonist
Who is Creon?
200
An important conflict over what is right
What is between human laws and the laws of the gods?
200
Major crimes in Ancient Greece
What is dishonoring a guest or not burying a body?
200
After Oedipus was born, what did his parents do?
What is: Sent him away to be killed.
200
The character against the main character.
What is the antagonist?
300
The brother who could not be buried
Who is Polyneices?
300
These characters had a conflict over who should be king
Who are Eteocles and Polyneices?
300
The age girls usually got married in Ancient Greece
What is 14 years old?
300
The day before the play begins, what had happened?
What is: The brothers fought and killed each other.
300
The sequence of events in a play.
What is the plot?
400
Creon's son
Who is, Haimon?
400
The characters who had a conflict in the Prologue over the burial of Polyneices.
Who are Antigone and Ismene?
400
What would happen if a family did not have a male heir?
What is: All their property would be passed to the next male relative.
400
When Oedipus returned to Thebes, what happened.
What is: Killed his father and married his mother.
400
A play that ends happily.
What is a comedy?
500
The fortune teller
Who is Teresias?
500
The character who didn't want Antigone to die because he thought her acts were honorable.
Who is Haimon?
500
What was the main goal of every Greek wife?
What is: To produce a male heir?
500
What did Oedipus do to himself once he realized he had fulfilled the prophecy for his life?
What is: Gouged his eyes out.
500
Dramas include a lot of this, which shows characters verbally interacting with each other.
What is dialogue?