Antigone Exam

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Daedalus

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Made winged shoes for his son so he could fly out of prison

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Icarus

Back 2

Flew too high in winged shoes and fell to his death; teaches lesson that man cannot "play God" or be higher than the gods

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Danaé

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father imprisoned in a brass vault so she would not become pregnant; had Perseus later

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Acrisus

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imprisoned daughter and later killed by her son Perseus

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Perseus

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Killed his grandfather eventually accidentally ; son of Acrisus

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Aphrodite

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goddess of beauty and love

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Niobe

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wept after her children were slain and became a stone mountain

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Persephone

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Queen of the underworld (Hades)

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Hades

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The underworld or afterlife place of mortals

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Pluto

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King of the Underworld

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The Muses

Back 11

Nine sister goddesses presiding over music, art, and poetry

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Ares

Back 12

god of War and gloats over bloodshed

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King Phineas

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casts off his first wife and later marries Eidothea

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Cleopatra

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Casted off by her husband King Phineas

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Eidothea

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2nd wife of King Phineas; later blinds her stepchildren after realizing they resemble Cleopatra

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The Furies

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Dog like creatures that are goddesses of vengance

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Hephaistos

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god of fire

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Dionysos

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god of wine, celebration, and fertility

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Maenads

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women who worshipped Dionysos in crazy rites

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Kadmos

Back 20

Sowed dragon's teeth in a field to create the warriors who began Thebes

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Thebes

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City in which Antigone takes place

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Pallas Athene

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goddess of wisdom

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Hecate

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goddess of witchcraft and sorcery

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Megareus (Menoeceus)

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Son of Creon and Haimon's brother slain in the battle against Thebes

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Strophe

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right to left dance of chorus

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Antistrophe

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left to right dance of chorus

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Parados

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Song sung by chorus upon first entering

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Choragus

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Chorus leader and main commentator on the play

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Antigone

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Buries her brother and sentenced to death by Creon

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Sophocles

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playwright of ancient Greece who wrote Antigone

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King Oedipus

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Father of Antigone who marries his own mother

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King Laius

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saves boy from evil stepmother; starts curse upon Thebes

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Eteocles

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Honorable man slain in battle; defended Thebes

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Polyneices

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Traitor to Thebes who is sentenced to rot outside of thebes; buried by Antigone

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Creon

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brother of Jocasta and king of Thebes; sentences Antigone to death

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Jocasta

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Antigone's mother and grandmother

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Eurydice

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Creon's wife who kills herself after hearing news of her son's suicide

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Haimon

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Son of Creon who disagrees with his decision; later kills himself

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Teiresias

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blind Prophet who warns Creon of his wrongdoings in the Court

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Sentry

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guard who tells Creon that Polyneices has been buried

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Messenger

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Travels with Creon to Antigones chamber; reports Eurydice the news of her son's death

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The Chorus

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Background members who tell the summary after each scene

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The Tragic Hero

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In this instance, Creon

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Noble position or station in life

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First characteristic of tragic hero; king or prince

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Weakness of Character

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Second characteristic of tragic hero; shown by Creon because he is stubborn and refuses to listen to advice given by anyone

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Outcome partially his own Fault

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Third characteristic of tragic hero; Creon was to blame for all of the deaths in Antigone

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Outcome partially Fate

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Fourth characteristic of tragic hero; family curse over Thebes and Creon getting to the cave too late are two examples in the story

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Moves from Ignorance to Knowledge

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Fifth characteristic of tragic hero; Chorus tells us how Creon had changed, but it was too late at that time

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Audience is uplifted

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Final characteristic of tragic hero; Creon is shown how not to live, so we are uplifted by it

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Civil Disobedience

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Theme of Antigoné; refers to the peaceful disobeying of laws that one considers unjust or that conflict with one's personal religious or moral beliefs, in this case, displayed by Antigone

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Man's Law vs. God's Law

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Theme of Antigoné; Antigone says that Creon's decree represents man's law while her beliefs of a proper burial of her brother are the law of the gods

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The Sins of the Father's are visited upon the Sons

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Theme of Antigoné; Antigone isn't responsible for the actions of her ancestors, but she certainly is affected by the family curse

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Man is not the measure of all things

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Theme of Antigoné; Creon learns the hard way that his is not the first and last word on everything. He is merely a man, and he is as capable of being wrong as anyone, King or not.

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Suffering is the Path to Wisdom

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Theme of Antigoné; Antigone teaches to Creon, who learns that he is responsible for his family's deaths, but he is too late, yet he still becomes wise