Antigone
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- athens
- these dramas were held in the city of
- chorus
- creon wants to be sure that he has the support of
- sophocles
- antigone was written by
- satyr
- during the Dionysia, most playwrights presented tragedies, but there were also lewd comedies known as
- being a traitor, attacked thebes
- polynices crime is
- fate
- the greeks believed that the the divine force was even stronger than the gods
- the old man was trying to run him off the road
- on his way to Thebes, Oedipus kills an old man. What was the cause of their fight?
- flexible/forgiving, stubborn/proud/strict
- the moral sin of this story might be that it is better to be than
- unity of subject
- focus was on the plots
- Teiresias
- Oedipus learns who killed Laios by asking the blind prophet named
- actors voices would be amplified
- many of the masks had exaggerated mouthpieces, so that
- thebes
- the name of the city in which the story takes place is
- all of her family is dead
- in a sense, antigone is going home because
- advises creon that everyone makes mistakes/not punish antigone/let polynices have a proper burial
- tiresias advises creon to
- haemon
- they journey out to the cave. when they arrive, from the inside the cave they hear the voice of
- death of haemon
- eurydice stabbed herself because of the news of
- buried polynices body
- a soldier brings the news that
- wine and fertility
- dionysos is the god of
- oedipus
- killed his father and married his mother
- polynices and eteocles
- sons of oedipus and jocasta
- they were told that he was going to kill his father and marry his mother
- Laios and Jocasta decided to leave their baby boy to die. Why?
- tragic hero
- the main character in a tragedy is known as the
- Jocasta kills herself
- When the truth of what Oedipus has done is finally known, Jocasta does what?
- antigone
- written by sophocles, the most well-known of all greek dramatists
- safe, cautious, and conservative
- in contrast to antigone, ismene can best be characterized as
- catharsis
- through witnessing the downfall of the main character, the audience undergoes a purging or draining of their emotions, known as a
- antigone and ismene
- daughters of oedipus and joscasta
- can be at rest or can enter hades
- antigone feels that they need to bury polynices so that his soul
- hades
- the greeks believed that after death, a person's soul went to live in
- desire for money
- creon believes that tiresias is not telling him the truth and that tiresias story is motivated by
- because he is blind
- tiresias is led onto stage by a boy because
- eurydice
- creons wife
- buried with honors
- at his first act as the new king, creon declares that eteocles will be
- messenger
- violent acts were kept offstage, not on. so if an act of violence occurred, it would be told about by a
- four
- from ismene, we learn that members of their family have already died
- oedipus
- means "swollen foot" or "club foot"
- eteocles
- he and his brother shared the throne after his father left thebes in shame. he and creon fought against polynices and his foreign troops
- he saved Thebes from the sphinx
- When Oedipus enters Thebes, he is welcomed as a hero. Why?
- blaming each other
- the guards/soldiers begin arguing because
- thebes, creons unbening will
- the dead bird represents and the fire represents
- because his brother, Eteocles refused to give up his throne
- Why was Polynecies attacking Thebes?
- paranoid
- creon believes there exists a group of people "who complained when he issued his proclamation" and "who opposed him from the outset." the best word to describe creon is
- women
- ismene feels that one reason her and antigone should do nothing is that both of them are
- dionysos
- the earliest dramas were part of religious festivals in honor of the god
- flaw
- his downfall is brought about by a tragic in his character
- the unburied body of polynices
- the gods cry out for vengeance beacuse of
- hanging herself
- antigone had killed herself by
- he solved its riddle. the answer was "man"
- how does Oedipus defeat the Sphinx?
- conflict
- Aeschylus then added a second individual actor, which created the potential for
- conscience
- the soldier tells creon that the problem might really lie with creons
- gods
- creon thinks the chorus members are stupid for believing that the burial of polynices might be a sign from
- death of his sone haemon
- creon angers tiresias. tiresias then warns creon that, because of his arrogance, will also occur
- someone would obey polynices
- creon is worried. he fears that
- mountain/cave
- the scene has moved from the city of thebes to
- chorus leader
- usually provides opportunity for dialogue within the chorus
- unity of time
- all the action of the play provided background information
- dionysos
- early greek drama was performed in honor of
- gouged out his eyes to punish himself for being blind to the truth
- And Oedipus does what?
- arrogant
- the chorus warns us that a man is , lawless, or neglectful will be brought low
- bury Polyneices
- As the play opens,we learn that Creon has declared that no one should
- unity of time, place, subject
- greek dramas followed the three unities
- the boy
- he leads tiresias around and acts as his eyes
- Made him their king and the queen (Jocasta) became his bride
- What prize is Oedipus given?
- polynices
- attacked the seven gates of thebes
- king
- tiresias reminds creon that on account of him, creon is
- chorus
- a group of men who acted as the wise men of the town and who would interact with the characters as known as
- father, mother
- ismene mentions the crimes of their father oedipus. oedipus made the mistake of killing and doing the wild thing with
- unity of place
- action was limited to one
- queen eurydice
- haemons mother
- wise
- the chorus tells us that, through the death of those near to him, creon has at least become
- messengers
- used to tell the audience about what happened offstage
- catharsis
- heightening of emotions
- creon
- recently made king of thebes, he is the uncle to his sisters children: eteocles, polynices, antigone, and ismene
- doesn't want to look weak and lose his reputation
- creon is still worried about letting antigone go free because he
- they also died in the cave, similar to antigones death
- diane and danae are mentioned because
- not be buried
- polynices will
- tiresias
- blind prophet
- creon
- two guards stop haemon from murdering
- death
- antigones tomb is also her wedding chamber because she will become the bride of
- function of the chorus
- set the tone, give essential background information, recall events in the past, etc.
- oedipus
- eteocles and polynices are sons of
- stabbing himself
- haemon then kills himself by
- haemon
- son of creon and intented husband of antigone
- eurydice will kill herself
- when the chorus leader says "i do not trust extremes of silence in the face of grief," he means that he fears
- Thespis
- he transformed greek drama in two ways: first, to the praises of dionysos, he added stories of famous heroes or gods; then, he had a masked chorus member play the part of the hero or god and engage in dialogue with the chorus. His name was
- antigone
- niece of creon and sister to the two boys; she is very upset at creons refusal to give a proper burial to both boys
- the murderer of King Laios
- The oracle said that the plague of Thebes would not end until who was punished?
- acropolis
- slopes where the first theater had been held
- bury polynices
- antigone awakens ismene to tell her that she plans to
- his wife killed herself
- while creon is trying to cope with his sons death, he then recieves the further bad news that
- death
- the punishment for burying polynices is
- below, earth
- one reason for burying polynices is that life lasts longer than life
- find who buried polynices
- creon tells the guards that he will be put to death if he is not able to
- greeks
- held many religious festivals
- theater of dionysos
- looked like a football stadium
- creon, pride/stubborness
- a tragic hero is one who brings about his own downfall by a flaw in his character. in this story, the tragic hero is , whose character flaw is the flaw of
- polynices
- after both sons were killed, creon declared eteocles a hero and polynices a traitor
- polynices turn to be king
- the reason for the fighting between the brothers is
- money
- creon believes that others would be willing to oppose him, but only when they are motivated by
- dead relatives
- the greeks believed that an important religious duty was the burial of
- greeks
- worshipped many gods, believed in fate as a divine force
- conscience, law
- the central conflict of the drama: antigone chooses to obey her rather than to obey
- antigone
- believes that Gods laws must be obeyed
- birds
- tiresias fears that something bad is going to happen soon: he reads the death of many as a bad omen
- chorus leader
- the one who is finally able to get creon to change his mind about antigone is
- ismene
- sister of antigone and the two boys
- tiresias
- the blind soothsayer who is able to look into the future
- oracle
- person who can see the future
- tells creon what happened
- the soldiers throw dice to decide who