Antigone Plot Summary and Characters

Who emerges as the new leader of Thebes?

• Antigone

• Polynices

• Creon

• Tiresias

Why is Antigone enraged at Creon's proclamation?

• Because Polynices is not given a burial

• Because Atiek is given an honorable funeral

• Because Creon is the new leader of Thebes

• Because Ismene refuses to help her

What is the punishment for interfering with Creon's law?

• Exile

• Imprisonment

• Public stoning to death

• Fines

Why does Antigone plan to bury her brother's body?

• To honor the gods

• To defy Creon

• To seek revenge

• To gain power

Who catches Antigone when she revisits the grave?

• Creon

• Ismene

• Tiresias

• Guards

What is Antigone's punishment for burying her brother?

• Exile

• Imprisonment

• Death by stoning

• Fines

Who disowns Creon and warns him about Antigone's death?

• Haimon

• Tiresias

• Ismene

• Eurydice

What does Tiresias warn Creon about in his prophecy?

• The invasion of Thebes

• The wrath of the gods

• The death of Antigone

• The rise of a new leader

Who kills himself after finding Antigone hanging from a noose?

• Creon

• Tiresias

• Haimon

• Polynices

Who kills herself after hearing the messenger's story?

• Antigone

• Ismene

• Eurydice

• Atiek