Antigone Guided Notes

Greek drama was presented exclusively at festivals honoring ___________.

• Odysseus

• Dionysus

• Athena

• Zeus

Roles were played by both males and females.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The Greek chorus wore these to display emotion.

• crowns

• sandals

• togas

• masks

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Antigone is a Greek

• tragedy

• comedy

• romance

• horror story

___________ is the author of Antigone.

• Homer

• Aristotle

• Sophocles

• Plato

A pleasurable sense we experience after an emotional release -

• Catharsis

• Episode

• Prologue

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

According to Aristotle, we can only feel pity and fear after a tragedy if there is a tragic _______.

• plot or setting

• hero or heroine

• ode or exodus

• pity or fear

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The character must possess a _________.

• child

• husband

• flaw

• power

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Sophocles wrote ________ tragedies about King Oedipus and his family.

• two

• three

• five

• ten

Which dysfunctional family member married his mother?

• Laius

• Polynices

• Creon

• Oedipus