Antigone

Question 1

What does a Tragic Hero need?

Answer 1

1. High Estate
2. Noble Soul
3. Tragic Flaw
4. The Fall (tarnishes noble soul)

Question 2

Who resides with the origin of state authority in Antigone?

Answer 2

Creon & Haemon

Question 3

Who believes in Natural Law vs Devine Law in Antigone

Answer 3

Creon, Antigone, & Tiresias

Question 4

Who believes in the individual vs the state in Antigone? And why?

Answer 4

Antigone— she defies natural law, accepts the consequences, and hopes it would lead to change (like how it would affect her status as a tragic hero vs a martyr)

Question 5

Who were the 3 main gods in Antigone and who were they associated with?

Answer 5

1. Zeus (authority & male power)— Creon
2. Aphrodite (love & feminine)— Antigone
3. Bacchus/ Dionysus (madness & intoxication)— The City of Thebes

Question 6

Who was the tragic Hero? List why Antigone

Answer 6

1. Sister of Oedipus (old king)
2. tries to do good
3. Has an ego (her flaw)
4. Fall?

Question 7

Who was the tragic Hero? List why Creon

Answer 7

1. He was king
2. “Going to do what’s best for the state”
3. He was too prideful
4. His fall was the loss of Hamion & Eurydicê

Question 8

Who is Creon in the play Antigone?

Answer 8

• King of Thebes
• Haemon’s father
• The one who exiled Oedipus

Question 9

Who is Eurydicê in the play Antigone?

Answer 9

• Wife of Creon

- Killed herself (through stabbing) because of the loss of her son Haemon

Question 10

Who is Ismene in the play Antigone?

Answer 10

• Daughter & half-sister of Oedipus

- Sister of Antigone

Question 11

Who is Tiresias in the play Antigone?

Answer 11

• A blind prophet trusted by Creon, who tries to convince him to calm down with his punishment to Antigone for burying her brother Polynices
• He warns that the gods will punch Creon for his actions by taking Haemeon’s life