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Why does Creon decide that Eteocles must be honored and Polynices will be in public shame? |
Creon thinks Polynices was a traitor and that he must have the harshest punishment of the time- lie unburied on the battlefield for animals to eat |
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Why does Antigone have a secret meeting with Ismene? |
Antigone wants to bury Polynices in defiance of creons edict |
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Why does Ismene refuse to help? |
She fears the death penalty |
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What does Creon do to Ismene and Antigone after they where caught? |
They be temporally imprisoned |
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How did Haemons interaction with his father turn out? |
Harmon first came to pledge allegiance to his father although he was engaged to Antigone. When he tries to make Creon spare Antigone the discussion deteriorates and they insult each other. Haemon vows to never see Creon again |
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What does Creon decide to do with the sisters? |
He decided to spare Ismene but bury Antigone alive in a cave |
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What does Tiresias warn Creon about? |
He warns Creon that Polynices should be urgently buried because the gods are displeased, refusing to accept any sacrifices or prayers from Thebes. He thinks all of Greece will despise him and sacrificial offering of Thebes will not be accepted by the gods. |
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How does the Chorus now persuade Creon? |
They tell him to take Tiresias advice; free Antigone, bury Polynices |
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Who does the Chorus deliver a choral ode to? |
Dionysus; God of wine and theatre |
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How does Antigone and Haemon take their lives? |
Antigone hanged herself and Haemon stabbing himself after finding Antigones body. |
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What does Eurydice do after she finds out her son is dead? |
Kills herself |
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How does the Chorus close off by saying? |
Although the gods punish the proud, punishment brings wisdom |
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How is Antigone different from Ismene? |
Antigone is a rebel, Ismene submissive and obedient.
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Give some of the good qualities of Antigone: |
Noble Wise Kind hearted Courageous |
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How is Antigone shown to be courageous and kind hearted? |
She allies Creon to humiliate her in public and send her to the death chamber. |
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Why does Antigone think she will be rewarded by the gods? |
She obeyed the gods and commuter acts of honor meaning she will be rewarded |
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What does Sophocles attempt to show of Antigone? |
He shows how Antigones intelligence and wisdom may have led to her death, yet will reward her with a prosperous afterlife |
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How does Ismene show kind heartedness and sisterly love? |
She begs to die with Antigone |
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What is Creons harmatia ? |
Pride |
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Why is he the tragic hero of the play? |
His fatal flaw of people stubborn which resulted in his loved ones deaths |
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How is Creon different from his wife Eurydice ? |
He is ruthless and foolish
She is reasonable and kind hearted |
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How does Haemon show that his love for Anyigone is greater than his fear of his father? |
He vows never to see his father again when he refuses to be reasonable for Antigones sake |
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Who is Tiresias? |
Blind prophet
Despite being physically blind he can see the truth - unlike Creon who has eyesight but can't see the truth
Predicts prophesies
Wise, full of reason |
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What does the chorus consist of? |
A group of elderly Theban elders |
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What is their sole purpose ? |
To comment on the action of the play and add suspense and emotions
Connecting the story to myths
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Why does the chorus take the side of Creon in Antigone? |
They respect him and fear him |
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How does the chorus indirectly saves Creon? |
When they pleaded that Ismene should not be sentenced with Antigone
When they advice him to take Tiresias advice |
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What dangers does Antigone expose? |
Dangers of the absolute ruler or Tyrant in the person of Creon, a king who doesn't allow people to speak freely and give true opinions |
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How are Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripedes choruses different? |
Aeschylus: chorus always continues or intensifies the moral nature of the play
Euripides: strays far from the main moral theme
Sophecles: in Antigone it lies somewhere in between, remains within general moral and the immediate scene but allows itself to e carried away from thee occasion or initial reason for speaking |
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What four main questions does Antigone deal with? |
1. Whether Polynices ought to be given burial rights
2. Whether someone who buried him in defiance of state ought to be punished
3. Whether Creon is entitled to the throne
4. Whether Creons actions are just or thoughtless |
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What are the themes in Antigone and explain them |
State Control Right of an individual to reject societies infringement on her freedom to perform a personal obligation, obvious in Antigones refusal to let Creon dictate what she is allowed to do to with her family members .
Natural law and contemporary legal institutions Which law is greater: God or mans? Sophocles votes for gods He does this to save Athens from moral destruction He warns the people about hubris or arrogance because he believes this is their downfall |
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What are the themes in Antigone and explain them |
State Control Right of an individual to reject societies infringement on her freedom to perform a personal obligation, obvious in Antigones refusal to let Creon dictate what she is allowed to do to with her family members .
Natural law and contemporary legal institutions Which law is greater: God or mans? Sophocles votes for gods He does this to save Athens from moral destruction He warns the people about hubris or arrogance because he believes this is their downfall
Civil disobedience The contrasting views of Creon and Antigone with regard to laws higher than those of state. Inform their different conclusions about civil disobedience. Creon demands obedience to the law above all else Antigone thinks state law is not absolute, that it can be broken in extreme cases like honoring the gods.
Citizenship Creon defies this as utmost obedience to the state. He thinks citizenship is based on loyalty, it is not absolute Citizen by nature
Antigone allows room for individuality Citizen by law
Fidelity Antigones determination to bury Polynices arises from a desire to bring honor to her family There are unwritten laws- divine law
Creon values family although rejects Antigone s actions. Creon demands his son to be an obedient citizen and son.
Creon: loyalty to the state control before family fealty and he sentences Antigone to death
Portrayal of the gods Few references to gods. Hades often referred to : personification of death.
Lack of of mention portrays the tragic events the result of human error and not divine intervention
Love and family Antigones love for family shoes when she buries her brother
Haemon kills himself after Antigone is dead because he loved her.
Eurydice kills herself after Haemons death.
Ismene loves her sister so much she will die with her
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