Finals /antigone Flashcards
In honor of which Greek god were plays often performed?
Dionysus
Who wrote antigone
Sophocles
What did actors often wear that reflected the personalities of their characters?
Masks
The name of the structure where Greek plays were performed. It was the ideal location for watching plays (good acoustics and carved into hillsides).
The amphitheater
What is the Greek word for excessive pride ?
Hubris
In Antigone, what does the chorus represent?
the chorus represents the consensus of the city’s most accomplished and respected citizens. They have a reputation for wisdom and for support of the monarchy in general and of the monarch in particular. They express the view that all Thebes is supposed to hold.
Antigone is the _______ (1st, 2ed, 3ed) in a series of plays written about the Oedipus legend
3d
When is it believed that Antigone was written?
Around 441 BC
Where is Antigone set?
In Thebes Greece
Which of Antigone’s brothers is left unburied outside the city?
Polynices
Which of Antigone’s brothers is given a burial with full honors?
Eteocles
How is Creon related to Antigone?
Creon is antigones future father in law.
Who are Antigone’s father and mother?
Oedipus, and Jocasta
What best describes how Creon views the law of man (his law)?
Creon rejects the irrational laws of the gods, and favors the rational laws of man
What might be considered Antigone’s fatal flaw? (the one MOST responsible for her downfall)
Arrogance is antigone’s fatal flaw, the arrogance to break a
What might be considered Creon’s fatal flaw? (the one MOST responsible for his downfall)
Creon’s fatal flaw is hubris
By the end of the play, who is dead?
Antigone hung herself in the cave, Haemon tried to kill creon then committed suicide when he saw antigone, and Eurydice killed herself with a knife when she saw her son Haemon died.
Who is the famous blind prophet from Greek mythology (you first met him in The Odyssey); he reveals both the fates of Oedipus and Creon:
Tiresias
What does Haimon do when he finds Antigone dead?
He tries to kill creon but misses, and then he stabs himself.
If Antigone represents the opposite of the proper Greek woman, who best represents the best of example of what a Greek woman was supposed to be?
Ismene best represents what a greek woman should be. She follows orders and never breaks the Kings laws.
Why are the townspeople afraid to voice their support for Antigone?
The people are afraid to voice there support for antigone, because they are afraid of creon, creon rules by fear, and threatens death to those who oppose his rules.
Why does Creon issue such a severe edict regarding the burial of the nephew (Antigone’s brother) he considers to be a traitor to his city?
Creon is trying to set an example. He rules with an iron fist and is trying to unify the city
What is the Greek term for a characteristic (such as pride) that is taken to such an extreme that it becomes a tragic flaw and dooms a character?
Hamartia
The Greek term for the ‘reversal of fortune’ that is caused by a tragic hero’s fatal flaw is?
Perpeteia
