Antigone THEMES Review

Today's Lesson:

What are some THEMES in Antigone?

Open Ended

How would you define or describe what THEME is?

​What is THEME?

​THEME is the underlying meaning the reader gets by reading the story.

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Example:

In the movie Finding Nemo, ​one theme could be DETERMINATION in the face of CHALLENGES

Multiple Choice

Which option BEST describes what THEME means?

• What happens in a story.

• The story elements such as characters, setting, conflict, and resolution.

• The underlying meaning readers are meant to find in a story.

Multiple Choice

Which statement is a theme in Antigone?

• Fate shapes the lives of humans.

• Humans make their own destiny.

• Destiny is always kind.

Multiple Choice

Which definition of PRIDE describes CREON?

• A sense of one's own proper dignity; self-respect.

• Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement; parental pride.

• An excessively high opinion of oneself; conceit.

Multiple Choice

Read these lines from Antigone.

CREON: This girl is guilty of a double insolence,

Breaking the given laws and boasting of it.

Who is the man here,

She or I, if this crime goes unpunished?

How does this scene help to develop the plot and establish the theme of "pride goes before the fall"?

• It introduces the inner conflict with which Creon struggles; this sets up his tragic flaw, which leads to the tragic events that come later.

• It introduces an external conflict; it demonstrates that Antigone is too strong a woman and must be punished for challenging a male.

Multiple Choice

Which statement is a theme in Antigone?

• Too much pride can lead to conflict with others.

• Great leaders listen to the advice from others.

• Those who are loyal act to protect others from harm.

Multiple Choice

Read these lines from Antigone.

CHORAGOS: There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;

No wisdom but in submission to the gods.

Big words are always punished,

And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

Which theme is expressed in the choragos's final words in the play?

• Divine law is stronger than human law.

• Individual freedom matters more than civic union.

• Only wise people who obey the gods find happiness.