Greek Tragic Terms
Devices
Characters
Episode
Quotes
100
A lyrical song of lamentation that is sung by a character with the chorus.
What is a kommos? :0)
100
Peripeteia
What is the term that describes a sudden reversal of fortune which marks the start of a hero's downfall?
100
Tyrannical:0)
What is the personality of Creon?
100
Teiresias made a prophecy on the death of Haemon.
In the fifth episode
100
"You fool creature, lower than a woman."
Creon
200
To evoke readers' sympathy and create emotional intensity.
What is the function of kommos?
200
Literature the flaw in character which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy.
What is Hamartia?
200
Reckless.
What is the personality of Antigone?
200
The sentry told Creon about the fact that the corpse of Polyneices is being buried by someone.
In the first episode
200
"If I am seem to you to have act foolishly, perhaps I am convicted of folly by a fool."
Antigone
300
A moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery.
What is Anagnorisis?
300
A term for an excess of ambition or pride, which often manifested as a challenge to the gods' authority.
What is Hubris?
300
Self-pitying.
"Oh, ill-fated woman." How is Antigone presented in this extract?
300
The first confrontation between Antigone and Creon.
In the second episode
300
"So the gods no longer accept prayer and sacrifice from us, nor the flame of roasted thigh- pieces, nor does any bird shriek a cry that we can understand, now they have fed on the fat of a dead man's blood."
Teiresias
400
Creon, who discovers the death of his wife and son at last.
Who undergoes Anagnorisis? And how?
400
Increases the pace, creates tension, and builds up the conflict at the same time.
What is the function of Stichomythia?
400
Stubbornness & arrogance.
What is common fatal flaw of both Antigone and Creon?
400
The Chorus show sympathy towards Antigone's fate.
In the fourth episode
400
"Fate raises and fate lays low the lucky and unlucky every day."
Messenger
500
It acts as a structural function, comments on the actions done by characters and announces their entrance:)
List three of the functions of the chorus.
500
Confrontation:D
What is Agon?
500
To highlight that even though he cannot literally see, but he can "see" beyond the mortal knowledge.
What is purpose of creating Teiresias as a blind Theban seer?
500
The second kommos.
In the Exodos
500
"No! It is a terrible thing when someone with the power to judge judges wrongly."
Sentry