antigone

Question 1

transgression

Answer 1

• cross over
  ex. antigone –> creon - burying polynices

creon —> the gods - polynices should not be buried

Question 2

power

Answer 2

• creon has power over antigone

- the gods have power over creon

Question 3

blindness

Answer 3

• creon was symbolically blind

- tiresias was physically blind- seer

Question 4

“all men make mistakes … only crime is pride”

Answer 4

• tiresias to creon
• tiresias comes to tell creon about what the gods will do to him if he doesn’t free antigone
• creon lets his pride get in the way, doesn’t want to admit his wrong doings, or atone
• tiresias got creon to change his mind

Question 5

we are women born, unapt to cope with me

Answer 5

• ismene to antigone
• shows how weak ismene is and how strong antigone is
• ismene is a foil for antigone
• ismene conforms to authority

Question 6

naught in excess

Answer 6

• too much of anything is bad

- moderation ( eliminating extremes)