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12 Cards in this Set
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The sister of Antigone
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Ismene
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King of Thebes, Anitgone and Ismene uncle
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Creon
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Daughter of Oedipus and sister of Ismene
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Antigone
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Creon's son and engaged to Antigone
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Haemon
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Wife of Creon
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Eurydice
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Blind prophet
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Teiresias
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Why was Ismene afraid to help Antigone bury Polyneices?
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Because she didn't want to get in trouble with the law of Creon.
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What was the law of Creon about bury someone they're not to touch or bury?
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They'll be put to death if they bury someone they're not suppose to.
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Why didn't Antigone follow Creon's law?
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Because it was not God's proclamation to follow a man's law.
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Who told Creon what was going to happen in the future?
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The blind prophet Teiresias.
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How does Antigone die?
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She hung herself.
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How does Haemon die?
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He stabbed himself.
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