Show:
Characters
Events
Literary Terms
Bonus
Test Questions
100
Who is Antigone sister?
Ismene
100
What does Antigone ask Ismene to help her do?
Bury Polyneices' body
100
Is a group of characters who comment on the action of the play without participating it
Chrous
100
What did Greek actors wear?
Masks
200
Oedipus
Who is the father of Polyneices, Antigone, Ismene, and Eteocles?
200
Where does the story take place?
Thebes
200
Hamartia
Tragic hero suffers from a tragic flaw
200
What/who does the Sentry bring back?
Antigone
200
What happened to Eteocles and Polyneices?
They died in battle.
300
Who were the parents of Oedipus?
King Laius and Queen Jocasta
300
Who does Oedipus marry?
Jocasta
300
The original pattern from which copies are made; template or mold
Archetype
300
Who were the game changers and what did they do?
1. Thespis- He changed the hymns that honored Dionysis into songs. He added an innovation where one of the chorus members stepped aside from the chrous and acted the role of a hero. 2. Aeschylus- Added a second actor and this brought on the idea of conflict.
400
Who was Creon?
He was the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus
400
What does Teiresias say when he arrives?
That he will not tell who did it
400
An intensification of the conflict
Complication
400
What are the characteristics of a tragic hero?
1. Usually have a deginifed background 2. Usually brave and courageous 3. Has a tragic flaw (hamartia) 4. Self knowledge of the truth (recognition)
500
Who is the blind prophet?
Tiresias
500
A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story
Foil
500
How does Antigone dies?
She hangs herself with a veil.
500
Why were masks used?
1. It allowed actors to play several roles. 2. These masks represented different types of characters. 3. They amplified the actors' voices.