Antigone

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Antigone

• English 10

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Answer one of these questions about the reading
last week. Your response needs to be a paragraph
in length.

• What differences do you notice between Antigone
  and her sister, Ismene? Why do you think that
  Ismene will not help her sister with her plan?
• Do you think Antigone has thought her decision to
  bury Polynieces through? Why or why not? What
  proof do you have?
• Why does Antigone get so angry at her sister? Do
  you think that Ismene is being practical or that
  she is being cowardly? What reasons do you have
  for that opinion?

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Answer one of these questions about the reading
yesterday. Your response needs to be a paragraph
in length. Support your answer with details from
the story.

• Why does the chorus tell the story of the battle
  between Polyneices and Eteocles? What function
  does it serve within the story?
• What was the goal of Creons speech on pgs. 9-10?
  Did he accomplish that goal?
• Do you think that Creons punishment of
  Polyneices is just and fair?

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Answer one of these questions about the reading
last week. Your response needs to be a paragraph
in length. Support your answer with details from
the story.

1. Why did the guard tell Creon of the burial of
   Polyneices? What was the guard afraid would
   happen to him?
2. Why does Creon feel so differently toward
   Polyneices and Eteocles?
3. What is the chorus praising on pgs 13-14? Is
   their praise justified?
4. Why do you think Sophocles includes the detail
   about the whirlwind from Heaven on pgs 15-16?

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Terms to Know

• Tragedy Aristotle defines it as a play that
  recounts an important series of events in the
  life of a significant person which culminate in
  an unhappy catastrophe
• Hamartia Error, mistaken judgment or misstep
  through which the hero succumbs to misfortune
  the error is not necessarily a flaw in character
  but it does move the character from happiness to
  misery.
• Fatal Flaw/Tragic Flaw flaw, error or defect in
  the tragic hero which leads to the heros downfall

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Terms to Know

• Hubris overweening pride which results in the
  misfortune of the protagonist a tragic flaw that
  results from excessive pride, ambition,
  overconfidence, etc., that leads the protagonist
  to break a moral law or ignore a divine warning
  with catastrophic results.
• Catharsis viewer learns to avoid the pitfalls to
  which the hero succumbed provides the
  opportunity to vicariously experience fear and
  pity which is emotionally cleansing.
• Arête inborn capacities