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Antigone Study Guide 2019

This document contains questions about the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. It asks for details about the play such as who wrote it, themes in the play, characters and their roles, and vocabulary used. Specifically, it asks about the context of Greek theater, the plot of Antigone regarding the burial of Polyneices, the role of characters like Creon, Antigone, Ismene and others, and defines important terms from the play.

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Antigone Study Guide 2019

This document contains questions about the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. It asks for details about the play such as who wrote it, themes in the play, characters and their roles, and vocabulary used. Specifically, it asks about the context of Greek theater, the plot of Antigone regarding the burial of Polyneices, the role of characters like Creon, Antigone, Ismene and others, and defines important terms from the play.

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Antigone Study Guide Answer the following questions.


1. Greek theater was invented during festivals honoring which god?

2. Who wrote Antigone?

3. Antigone’s father, Oedipus, is famous for?

4. Creon thinks that above all, a good ruler must be?

5. Creon forbids the burying of Polyneices because:

6. One thing that Antigone and Creon have in common is that they are both:

7. Ismene refuses to help Antigone because she is:

8. Creon initially thinks that Polyneices’ burial is the work of:

9. The Chorus initially thinks that Polyneices’ burial is the work of:

10. The chorus represents:

11. Creon suspects the sentry of what offense?

12. Creon orders Antigone to be locked in a vault because

13. Creon’s greatest fear is

14. Haemon uses which metaphor to explain to Creon why he should not be so stubborn?

15. What did Greek actors wear?

16. What tragic figure makes an error in judgment (harmatia) in Antigone?

17. What is the tragic figure’s greatest flaw?

18. What did Antigone do to make Creon so angry?

19. What are themes of Antigone?

20. Who says the following line? “Think about how much more terrible…our own death would be if we
should go against Creon and do what is forbidden!”

21. Who says the following line? “If I am young and right, what does my age matter?”

22. Who says the following line? “I have been a stranger here in my own land: all my life, the blasphemy of
my birth has followed me.”

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23. Who says the following line? “If we must lose, let’s lose to a man, at least. Is a woman stronger than
we?”

24. Who says the following line? “We threw the dice, and the bad luck fell to me. So here I am…Nobody
likes the man who brings bad news.”

25. Who says the following line? “There is no happiness… but in submission to the gods. Big words are
always punished, and proud men in old age learn to be wise.”

Define these characters and vocabulary:

Who the following characters are and what they do and say:
26. Oedipus

27. Antigone

28. Ismene

29. Eteocles

30. Polyneices

31. Creon

32. Haemon

33. Tiresias

34. Sentry

35. Chorus/Leader

Vocabulary
36. Dirge
37. Defile
38. Compulsive
39. Transgression
40. Edict
41. Lamentation
42. Auspicious
43. Lithe
44. Sated
45. perverse

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