Antigone Study Guide

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Antigone

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A princess, daughter of Oedipus,protagonist

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Ismene

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sister of Antigone,also a princess

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Creon

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King becuase of death of Oedipus and his sons,brother of Jocasta

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Haimon

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son of Creon,fiancee of Antigone

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Teiresius

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a blind prophet

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Euridyce

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wife of Creon

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Eteocles

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dead brother of Antigone,son of Oedipus

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Polyneices

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dead brother of Antigone,son of Oedipus,not allowed to be buried

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Characteristics of a tragic hero

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1.Neither completely good no completely bad
2.Someone well known and prosperous(royalty),so that they fall from tremendous good fortune
3.Must possess hamartia,a charcter flaw,such a excessive pride,ambition,or jealousy
4.must be party resonible for own downfall
5.Must relive thier error and accept the consequces

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Dramatic Irony

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A situation in which the audience knows something that a charater does not.(Example,the audiance knows that it is Antigone who buried Polyneices,but Creon keeps refering to "the man who did this.")

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Tragic Irony

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a contrest between the nature of the hero and the defeat he suffers(ex.Oedipus)

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Situational Irony

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what acually happenes in the oppisite of what acually occurs

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Verbal Irony

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What is said is the oppisite of what is meant(example,when Ismene tells Antigone that she is worried for her,Antigone replies,"You need not be,you have yourself to consider after all."She is being sarcastic,which is a form of verbal irony.

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Ethics

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moral behavior

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Hamartia

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charater flaw

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Hubris

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too much pride

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Parados

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entrance of the chorus and exposition of the plot

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Peripety

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reversal of fortune

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What took place in Athens?

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where the first Greek theatrical performance took place

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the first group that performed in public

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Chours

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What did Thespis do to theather?

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first gave chorus member individual lines,and thus devolped the concecpt of actor and drama

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What was featured in Religious Festibals

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playwritting

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Aeschylus

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the father of Greek

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Conflict

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made possible with the addition of a second actor into a scence

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Tragic Hero

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a flawed chararter challeging the gods and his own fate

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Sophocles

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perhaps the greatest of Greek dramatists

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Skene

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place where sceanery apeared in a amphitheather

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Our Town

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a modern play with chours-like staging

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Oedipus the King

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Oedipus finds out that he has killed his father and married his mother

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Oedipus at Colonus

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The son's of Oedipus,Polyneices and Etocles,kill each other in battle

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Antigone

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Antigone wants to go againest Creon's orders and bury her brother Polyneices

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Egoism

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self interset

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Utillitarianism

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the greatest good for the most people

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Formalism

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strict obedience to the law,no matter what the circunstances

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Divine Command

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God's Law

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Hi

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Bye

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Who is the Tragic Hero?

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Creon

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Hubris

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excessive pride

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Hamartia

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character flaw of tragic hero

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Prologue's theme

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God's law/man's law

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P Antigone's motive

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Divine Command

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P Ismene vs. Antigone

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Foils

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P Verbal Irony

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what is said is opposite of what is ment

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P Personification

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giving human qualities to non human entries

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P Extended Metaphor

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Polyneices as screaming eagle

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S1 Extented Metaphor

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Thebes as ship of state

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S1 Dramtic Irony

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Antigone's fate is too extreme for her crime

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S2 SWBS

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Creon Want Anigone to admit she's wrong ,but she refuses ,so he sentences her and Ismene to dealth.

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Repulse

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to rebuff or reject with rudeness, coldness, or denial

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Decree

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an authoritative order having the force of law

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Fiery

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Charged with emotion ;spirted

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Penalty

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a punishment established by law or authority for a crime or offense

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Traitor

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One Who betrays ones country ,a cause or a trust especially one who commits treason

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Auspicious

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Marked by sucess ;prosperous

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Demoralizing

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to undermine the confidence or morale of;dishearten

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Pious

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having or exhibiting religious reverence

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Sententiously

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Abounding in pompous moralizing

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Summon

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to regrest to appear;send for

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Brazen

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To face or undergon with bold self-assurance

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Edict

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A formal pronouncement or command

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Insolence

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the trait of being rude and impertient

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Proclaimation

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something proclaimed ,especially an offical public annoucement

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Stealthily

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marked by or acting with quiet,caution and secrecy intended to avoid notice

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Anarchy

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Absence of any form of political authority

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Deference

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Courteous respect

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Malicious

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wishing or appearing to wish evil to others

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Piety

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righteousness by virtue of being pious

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Somberly

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Serious;grave