antigone vocab

Question 1

tragedy

Answer 1

dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character

Question 2

tragic hero

Answer 2

noble or dignified protagonist in drama

Question 3

archetype

Answer 3

pattern in literature found in a variety of works from different cultures throughout the ages

Question 4

choragus

Answer 4

group of actors that comment on the action of the play

Question 5

tragic flaw

Answer 5

defect that causes demise

Question 6

allegory

Answer 6

work with two levels of meaning, literal and symbolic crucible

Question 7

theme

Answer 7

some idea or insight concerning human life or human nature

Question 8

theme

Answer 8

some idea or insight concerning human life or human nature

Question 9

motif

Answer 9

recurring element that helps drive plot and influence theme (images and symbols)

Question 10

irony

Answer 10

contrast between appearance and reality

Question 11

dramatic irony

Answer 11

when the reader/audience knows something a character doesn’t know

Question 12

verbal irony

Answer 12

saying one thing while meaning another

Question 13

situational irony

Answer 13

opposite of what reader expects happens

Question 14

aphorism

Answer 14

concise observation containing general truth “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”

Question 15

lamentation

Answer 15

expression of grief

Question 16

pious

Answer 16

devoutly religious

Question 17

insolence

Answer 17

rudeness or disrespect

Question 18

auspicious

Answer 18

favorable

Question 19

reverence

Answer 19

awe and respect

Question 20

transgress

Answer 20

to violate or break law, command or moral code

Question 21

parodos

Answer 21

song that marks the entry of the chorus

Question 22

contempt

Answer 22

regarding someone/something as inferior

Question 23

defile

Answer 23

to make dirty unclean or impure

Question 24

sententiously

Answer 24

in a pompous, moralizing manner

Question 25

perverse

Answer 25

intentionally behaving unreasonably or unacceptably