Antigone

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Antigone

• By Sophocles

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review

• Make 3 columns and in 3 minutes write down
  everything you know about
• The Oedipus story
• Greek Theatre (think about your Academic Vocab)
• Sophocles

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Your final assessment

• Your final assessment will be an essay in which
  you discuss the theme of government as you see it
  in Antigone (Due December 11)
• In the play, Antigone, Sophocles presents
  ideas about two forms of government tyranny and
  democracy. Which form does he support, and where
  is the evidence in the play of his beliefs. Use
  quotations to show evidence of your ideas.

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Your essay will include these parts

• Introduction (attention-getter background
  information thesis)
• Body paragraphs (one to describe each style of
  government presented in the play)
• Conclusion

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In this essay you will learn to

• Organize your thoughts logically into an essay.
• Use MLA format (typed)
• Insert quotations into your essay correctly.
• Present important ideas and support them with
  evidence from a literary text.

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Prologue

• Well be looking for the answers to these
  questions
• 1. What conflict do Antigone and Ismene face?
• 2. How do the two sisters handle this challenge
  differently?
• What was the status of women in Ancient Greece?

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• 4. What does the prologue reveal about Antigones
  character and about what she values?

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Venn Diagram Write adjectives describing the two
sisters and you!

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Antigones values
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Elysian Fields

• In Greek mythology, the final resting place of
  the heroic and virtuous warrior

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The River Styx

• In Greek mythology, the border between earth and
  Hades.
• Charon, the ferryman, would row spirits across,
  but only if they had gold coin to pay him.
  Consequently, the dead were buried with gold
  coins on their closed eyes.

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The Greek Tragic Hero

• In Greek tragedy, a major character was the
  tragic hero. Here are the characteristics of
  this kind of protagonist
• Royal or high status (nobility)
• Heros downfall is due to his/her hubris
• Hero understands his own part in his downfall
• Hero sees his doom learns from it
• Heros suffering is meaningful
• Heros downfall arouses pity (catharsis)

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Who is the tragic hero here?

• Watch for evidencewho has the flaw?

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First Episode

• Quickwrite
• Creon is now king of Thebes. What do you think
  he will have to do to pull his war-torn country
  together?

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• Well be looking for answers to these questions
• 1. What does Creon value in a leader? (Collect
  quotations)
• What does Creon do to show his strength and
  leadership?
• What are the possible consequences of his
  decision?
• What argument do the Chorus leader and the sentry
  raise about Creons approach to leadership?

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Creons Leadership Manual

• Create a graphic organizer which identifies 5
  rules for leadership that you believe Creon would
  follow. Show the reasons behind these rules and
  their possible consequences.

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Government

• What do you know about government?
• List all the kinds of governments you know of
  (think of your history class)
• Describe our government. Who has the power and
  who makes the decisions?
• What do we call our form of government? Who
  invented it?

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Second Episode

• Well be looking for answers to these questions
• 1. What problems will Creon have with his
  proclamation (new law).
• 2. What are some possible solutions.
• 3. What adjectives describe Antigone as she
  buries Polynieces? So, what is the tone here?

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• 4. Whose laws does Antigone prefer to follow,
  Creons or Zeuss, and what does this tell us
  about her values?
• 5. What is Creons attitude towards women?
• 6. How has Ismene changed and why?
• 7. Who is Haemon and how is he involved?

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Antigone by Fredrick Leighton 1882
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Quotation Search

• This Episode is rich with ideas about leadership.
  Find 7 10 quotations which you would use in
  your paper
• Copy quotations (.)
• Record page number
• Record who said the quotation and to whom.
• Speculate about the significance of the quotation.

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Problem/Solution

• Write a well-constructed letter to Creon in which
  you advise him what to do
• Explain his problem
• List and explain his possible solutions
• Predict the consequences of his various solutions
• Give him your final advice.

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Third Episode

• Well be looking for answers to these questions
• What is the relationship between Creon and Haemon
  like?
• How does this relationship change?
• How does Haemons tone change as his attitude
  changes?
• What decision does Haemon need to make, and what
  does he base his decision on?

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Compare and Contrast

• Make a chart listing what Creon and Haemon value.
  Use marks or symbols to show the similarities
  and differences.

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For 4 Notebook

• Write a 4 paragraph quickwrite comparing and
  contrasting the two men
• Introduction
• Creons values
• Haemons values
• Conclusion (think about how these two characters
  represent different theories about government)

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Fourth Episode

• This time, we are going to look at style
  analysis, particularly diction (word choice) and
  tone.
• As you read the strophes, antistrophes and epode,
  make a list (in a column) of words that have
  strong emotional meaning. List who said these
  words and to whom they refer.

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For example

• Third Choral Ode
• infect, sting, fighting, said by Chorus
  refers to Love
• bride, lyrical, light, Aphrodite,
  laughs,
• loves said by Chorus refers to Love

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Interpretation

• Now, analyze this diction (word choice).
• Are the words positive of negative?
• Are they sarcastic, gloomy, angry, questioning,
  forceful, aggressive, gentle?
• What do these words tell us about Sophocles
  attitude towards his subject matter? (this is
  what we call tone.) Why?

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• Can you answer these questions?
• How does Antigone feel about Thebes?
• What are her regrets?
• What does the Chorus advise her?
• What is a spinster?
• What else are you thinking, now, about how all
  this relates to government?

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Fifth Episode

• Well be examining these questions
• What is the role of Tireseias?
• What does he warn Creon of, and what does he
  advise Creon to do?
• What does the leader advise Creon to do?
• What is Sophocles suggesting, when he has Creon
  listen to and take the advice from the leader?

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Tiresias Character Manual

• Create a graphic organizer where you display the
  rules or adages of good character suggested
  by Tiresias. Write them in rhyming couplets
• To make a mistake, is human, they say
• The sin is in failing to change your way.

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Epilogue

• What is an epilogue?
• Well be looking at these questions
• Who dies in this scene, and how, and why?
• Where is the situational irony in the epilogue?
• In Creons speeches, what is his tone, and what
  does that tell the reader about his attitude?

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• Well be looking at these questions
• Who dies in this scene, and how, and why?
• Where is the situational irony in the epilogue?
• In Creons speeches, what is his tone, and what
  does that tell the reader about his attitude?
• What is Creons final message to the audience?
• What does any of this have to do with government??

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Resolution

• For your own sense of resolution, write a
  dialogue- or two letters between Antigone and
  Creon, where they work out their differences.
  Try to reproduce their tones.

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For an extra point on work ethic

• Can you find and list examples of these from the
  play?
• Imagery
• Similes and metaphors
• Allusions
• Alliteration

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