ANTIGONE STUDY GUIDE 26 03 2013 ANTIGONE AGREEMENT

. ANTIGONE STUDY GUIDE 26. 03. 2013

. ANTIGONE AGREEMENT / DISAGREEMENT “ Creon gives Antigone a harsh punishment simply because she is a woman; if the law-breaker had been a man, he would not have been sentenced to death. ” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Justify your rationale by referring to the text.

. Considering the portrayals of women and men in “Antigone”, what do you think about the gender roles in a Greek tragedy? How do you evaluate Antigone’s, Eurydice’s and Ismene’s attitudes from this perspective?

A quick recap: Key qualities of a tragic hero in a Greek play • • • Bloodline Hamartia Anagnorisis Peripeteia Nemesis Catharsis Considering these qualities and the processes that Creon and Antigone have gone through, which one do you think is the tragic hero of the play?

ANTIGONE JEOPARDY

Your topics are: �Classical Drama �How Tragic! �Breaking the Law �Death �Quotes

. Classical Drama originated in this country.

. This group of people would sing and chant on stage.

. It is the reversal of a fortune, the downfall of the tragic hero.

. Antigone prefers to follow these laws.

. �She is the queen of Thebes who unknowingly married to her son, Oedipus. She is also Antigone’s mother.

. Recognition or discovery on the part of the hero; change from ignorance to knowledge.

. Purgation of emotions of pity and fear which leaves the viewer both relieved and elated.

. The most common tragic flow leading the protagonist to downfall.

. First suspect in burial of Polyneices

. Creon sentences Antigone to this, changing his mind about the original decree.

. �“ My spirit was talking to me all the time, saying ‘Fool, why are you going where you will be punished for your journey? Wretch, are you wasting time again? If Creon hears this news from someone else, you’ll be sure to suffer for it!’ ‘ “

. �“For the man who believes that he alone has the ability to think and speak, that he and no-one else possesses intelligence- when such men are laid open, they are seen to be empty. ”

. �“ Be sure that the most stubborn wills fall hardest; it is the strongest iron, tempered to hardness in the fire, that you will most often see shattered and broken to pieces. I have known wild-tempered horses brought to order with a tiny bit. ”

. The reason why Polynieces is not properly buried by giving rituals.