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| killed his father, married his mother |
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| daughter of Oedipus who wanted to bury her brother |
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| daughter of Oedipus who did not want to bury her brother |
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| god of wine and fertility |
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| brother who received a proper burial |
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| brother who did not receive a proper burial |
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| the monster Oedipus defeated |
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| city where Oedipus grew up |
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| author/playwright of ANTIGONE |
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| these two people are foils |
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| Two characters who are very different |
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| What is Creon's greatest fear? |
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| When and where did Greek drama have its origins? |
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| What is an example of irony in the play? |
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| the fact that Teiresias is blind but can "see" into the future while Oedipus who has sight is blind to the horrible things he has done |
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| What was the basic purpose of the chorus? |
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| to comment on the events/actions in the play |
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| Creon suspects the Sentry and Teiresias of what offense? |
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| What is the penalty for disobeying the King's decree forbidding burial of Polyneices? |
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| When Oedipus realizes what he has done, how does he punish himself? |
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| hangs herself with her wedding veil |
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| To what does Haimon compare his father to get his father to realize flexibility is important? |
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| He uses the metaphor of a tree |
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| character flaw that causes the person's downfall |
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| He kills himself when he finds Antigone dead. |
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| What is Creon's punishment for his actions in the play? |
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| He must live with the knowledge that he is responsible for the deaths of his son, wife, and niece. |
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| Who said, "we are only women,/We cannot fight with men." |
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| Who said, "O tomb, vaulted bride bed in eternal rock/Soon I shall be with my own again. |
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| Who said, "Pride" In a slave?/This girl is guilty of a double insolence,/Breaking the given laws and boasting of it." |
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| Who said, "Then she must die. But her death will cause another"? |
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| Who said, "If we must lose,/Let's lose to a man, at least! Is a woman stronger than us?" |
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| repetition of initial consonant sound |
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| These words: buzz, screech, boom, are examples of this |
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| "Love is a rose" is an example of this. |
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| repetition of vowel sound in a line of poetry |
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| giving human characteristics to inanimate or non-human objects |
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| use of exaggeration for effect |
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| a contradiction, when explored, does make sense |
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| "Life is like a box of chocolates" contains an example of ? |
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| words in poetry that evoke the senses |
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| "Rodney rapped really well" is an example of ? |
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| "the gun coughed in the sky" is an example of ? |
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| "the mellow wedding bells" is an example of ? |
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| repetition of consonant sound in a line of poetry |
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| Iambic pentameter has how many iambs? |
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| 5; remember an iamb is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, and a line of iambic pentameter has 10 syllables. |
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| the mad, blind, despised king is an example of |
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| consonance; listen to the consonant D at the ends of the words |
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