ANTIGONE & LITERARY TERMS

Antigone breaks the law because she

• feels both her brothers deserve proper burial
• needs to help her fiancee defeat his father
• wants to get back at Creon
• doesn't know any better

In having Creon harshly threaten and accuse a simple guard, the author Sophocles probably intended to

• show Creon as a stern ruler
• comment on human incompetence
• provide simple comic relief
• reveal Creon's corrupt nature

To judge from this play, Greek tragedy must be regarded as

• a serious poetic art form concerned with religious and ethical problems.
• a forerunner of the modern mystery novel.
• a way of teaching respect for one's parents.
• an official way of teaching respect for Athenian government.

To understand fully the action of Antigone, we must remember that it is about the ruling family of Thebes and 

• a curse on their house (family).
• a long tradition of tyranny and hatred of tyranny.
• a quarrel between rival gods.
• an ancient war between Thebes and another city.

Why does Creon change Antigone's method of punishment?

• Antigone pleads for an easier sentence.
• Haimon convinces him it is best.
• He can then avoid responsibility for her death.
• Creon wishes to make it more painful for her.

Creon had to overcome his _____ in order to finally give in.

• shyness
• pride
• jealousy
• fear

A tragedy, in general, is most accurately involved with 

• suicide.
• making tough decisions.
• having troubles.
• disease.

The role of the oracle was to 

• discover how events would unfold.
• allow citizens to determine their fate.
• confuse and disrupt the leaders.
• declare the outcome of events.

An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally is  ___.

• foil
• pun
• hyperbole
• epic

A/an ___ is a play on words similar in sound but with very different meanings.

• aside
• foil
• pun
• thesis