Antigone Jeopardy
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FINAL JEOPARDY This is one reason why Creon changed his mind about Antigone’s method of execution.
______ is a story that is enacted in real space and time by live actors for a live audience. Drama
A play that ends unhappily. Tragedy
Generally a good person, superiority over others, has a tragic flaw, realizes the flaw, then has a tragic demise Tragic hero
This group of people would sing and chant on stage This group of people would sing and chant on stage. In the beginning of Antigone, they tell us a civil war has just been fought Chorus
Haemon uses a _____ to compare Creon to trees in a flood Metaphor
In a tragedy, the protagonist is called this. Tragic hero
This protagonist must possess this quality. A fatal (tragic) flaw
This character is the tragic hero in Antigone.
A ______ is a personal failing such as pride, rebelliousness, or jealousy Tragic flaw
The overwhelming pride that Antigone and Creon have is: Hubris
Creon decrees that this person must not be buried. Polynieces
This character fears breaking Creon’s law because the punishment is so severe. Ismene
This is the punishment for breaking Creon’s law. Public stoning
Antigone prefers to follow these laws. The gods’ laws
(DAILY DOUBLE) Creon sentences Antigone to this, changing his mind about the original decree. To be locked in a stone vault (cave)
This character tries to kill his/her father, then turns the sword on him/herself. Haemon
This character tries to share the blame of breaking the law, but Creon sets him/her free. Ismene
This character commits suicide by hanging. Antigone
These two characters die in battle. Polynieces and Eteocles
This character stabs him/herself in the castle. Eurydice
“I, as you know, in right of kinship nearest to the dead, possess the throne and take the supreme power” Creon
“We must remember we are women born, unapt to cope with men” Ismene
“There lives no greater fiend than Anarchy” Creon
“And though a man be wise, it is no shame for him to live and learn, and not to stretch a course too far” Haemon
“A city is no city that is of one man only” Haemon