Antigone Test Flashcards

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What is Anagnorisis

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An increase in awareness or self-knowledge, validation

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What is Catharsis

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The audience feels drained of emotions and better able to understand life

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What is Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows something the characters don’t

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4
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What is Fate

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Something that is Predetermined

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What is Free-will

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The person gets to pick what they do next,
and what the outcome of that will be

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What is a Hamartia

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The flaw that leads to the character downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

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What is a Hubris

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When someone has too much Pride or self-confidence

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What is a Peripeteia

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A sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances

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What is a Tragedy

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An event that has caused a lot of destruction or crime

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Who is Antigone

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The oldest daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta

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11
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Who is Cadmus

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The founder of Thebes

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Who is Choragos

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A part of the Greek chorus

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Who is Chorus

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He represents the citizen’s Fears, Hopes, and Judgments

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Who is Creon

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The king of Thebes

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Who is Eteocles

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The son of Oedipus and Jocasta who died with military Honors

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16
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Who is Haimon

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The son of Creon, the king, and the fiancé of Antigone

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Who is Polyneices

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The son of Oedipus and Jocasta who Antigone buries

18
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Who is Ismene

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The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta and sister to Antigone, Eteocles, and Polyneices

19
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Who is Tieresias

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A blind prophet who helps guide the other characters in the tragedy.

20
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Who is Laius

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Father of Oedipus, king of Thebes, and husband of Jocasta

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Who is Oedipus

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Was king of Thebes, a city in central Greece, Known for killing his father, and marrying his mother.

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Who is Jocasta

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Wife of first Laius, then of their son Oedipus, and both mother and grandmother of Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices and Ismene.

23
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Who is Persephone

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The Goddess of the underworld

24
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Who is Sophocles

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An ancient Greek dramatist who wrote the play Antigone.