Antigone Test Flashcards
What is a satyr?
half-man and half-goat
Something in one’s character that will cause their downfall?
Haramtia or Tragic Flaw
3 elements of a tragic hero
- of Noble Birth or High Status
- Tragic Flaw
- Loses everything
Who wrote “The Poetics”?
Aristotle
A group of performers who functioned as commentary
Chorus
Means ‘dancing place’ in Greek?
Orchestra
First actor?
Thespis
Name the 6 parts of drama
character, spectacale, plot, diction, music, theme/thought
What was the theatre called?
Theatron
Who wrote Antigone?
Sophocles
Why doesn’t Ismene help Antigone?
Because they are women and should go against men
Who does Creon think is responsible for Polyneices burial?
A man, but more specifically anarchists
Who does the Chorus originally think is responsible for the burial?
They thought the burial was the work of the gods
Who does the Chorus represent?
The Elders of Thebes
What does tradgedy mean in Greek?
goat-song
A destructive or painful act
pathos
Process of imitating an action which has serious implications is what kind of play?
tradgedy
emotional purification or relief
catharsis
Who reports of death offstage?
the messanger
What word means actor?
Thespian
What is Creon’s punishment for breaking unwritten law?
His wife and 2 sons died
How did Etocles and Polyneices die?
In battle
How is Antigone decreed to die?
Stoned to death/ walled in a tomb
How does Antigone actually die?
She hangs herself
