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WorksheetsAntigone 2018
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
What angers Antigone at the beginning of the play?
The elders of Thebes honor Eteocles
Creon refuses to hear her complaints
Polyneices attacks Thebes and kills Eteocles
Ismene refuses to help bury Polyneices
Reread the following comments from the sentry in Scene 1. “I did not do it. I did not see who did it. You must not punish me for what someone else has done.” What do the comments help you infer about Creon?
He respects honesty.
He acts without fairness.
He is easily fooled by others.
He feels sympathy for commoners.
What is the dramatic irony in Scene 1?
The sentry knows who buried Polyneices, but Creon doesn’t
The audience knows Antigone buried Polyneices out of love for her brother
Creon threatens the sentry because he knows the sentry buried him
The chorus knows Antigone buried Polyneices for money
Whose laws does Antigone say she follows?
The gods’
Oedipus’
Her own
Creon’s
According to the Choragus, Antigone and her father’s shared tragic flaw is they
Act stubbornly
Hate all rules
Defy all authority
Understand the gods
The irony in Scene 2 comes from…
Creon assuming Ismene helped, when we know she was too afraid
Ismene taking part of the blame, and Antigone rebuking her
The Choragus criticising Antigone, when later they’re on her side
Creon not caring about whether Haemon is meant to marry Antigone
In Scene 3 lines 119-121, Haemon and Creon discuss Antigone’s punishment: Haemon: “Then she must die. But her death will cause another.” Creon: Another? / Have you lost your senses? Is this an open threat?” What is it that Creon’s tragic flaw causes him to misunderstand?
He thinks Haemon means to kill him, when really Haemon is threatening suicide.
He thinks Haemon means to kill Antigone before he can sentence her
He thinks Haemon means to commit suicide after killing him.
Haemon is threatening to sneak in and kill everyone in revenge.
In Scene 4, line 57 when Creon states, “...our hands are clean” in relation to Antigone’s death, it is ironic because…
He hasn’t washed his hands since the battle
He is innocent, but the Choragus is guilty
His hands are “dirty” since he is the one who sentenced her
Creon doesn’t have hands
In lines 33-35 of Scene 5, Teiresias states, “O my son, These are no trifles! Think: all men make mistakes, But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong” What can you infer about Teiresias’ values?
He is prideful
He is seeking atonement
He values trifles
He holds onto hope
When Teiresias states that his words to Creon will be “too costly,” he means…
Creon doesn’t have enough gold to pay for his prophecies
The wisdom he has he paid for by becoming blind.
Creon will end up paying for them with the lives of his family.
The person who paid him off pays better than Creon.
Reread the conversation between Teiresias and Creon in Scene 5, lines 49-68: Creon: Go into business, make money, speculate In India gold or that synthetic gold from Sardis, Get rich otherwise than by my consent to bury him, Teiresias, it is a sorry thing when a wise man Sells his wisdom, lets out his words for hire! Teiresias: Ah Creon! Is there no man left in the WorldCreon: To do what? Come, let’s have the aphorism! Teiresias: No man that knows that wisdom outweighs any wealth? Creon: As surely as bribes are baser than any baseness. Teiresias: You are sick, Creon! You are deathly sick! Creon: As you say: it is not my place to challenge a prophet. Teiresias: Yet you have said my prophecy is for sale. Creon: The generation of prophets has always loved gold. Teiresias: The generation of kings has always loved brass. Creon: You forget yourself! You are speaking to your king. Teiresias: I know it. You are a king because of me. Creon: You have a certain skill; but you have sold out. Teiresias: King, you will drive me to words thatCreon: Say them, say them! Only remember: I will not pay you for them. The conflict is heightened when:
Teiresias takes brass for himself
Creon refuses to pay for the prophecy
Teiresias tells Creon to be a better king
Creon accuses Teiresias of taking bribes
In the Exodus, as Creon cries out “Here you see...All my civic wisdom!” the audience gets an example of…
Catharsis
Hamartia
Regret
Irony
The Choragus’s function in the final words of the drama is to…
Persuade the audience to think that Creon is innocent
Entertain the audience with a short poem about life
Explain the message of the play to the audience
Describe why Antigone is guilty
In Scene 2, why does Ismene try to say she was involved in burying Polyneices?
She hopes Creon will spare her life if she confesses.
She thinks she can sacrifice herself to save Antigone’s life.
She feels guilty for not supporting Antigone in the beginning and hopes to make up for it.
She believes that if she can win favor with Creon he will give her more power.
How does Antigone’s attitude shift during scene 4?
Her attitude shifts from mournful to defiant.
Her attitude shifts from pride to anger
Her attitude shifts from sarcastic to serious.
Her attitude shifts from amusement to anger.
How does Creon’s attitude towards Teiresias shift during scene 5?
His attitude shifts from respect to amusement.
His attitude shifts from anger to respect.
His attitude shifts from respect to hostility
His attitude shifts from amusement to anger.
Which of the following is a reason Creon is a tragic hero?
He is of noble birth.
His pride causes his downfall.
He has a realization that comes too late to change his destiny.
All of the above
What is the best evidence of Antigone as a Hero?
“I do. I deny nothing.”
“Creon is not strong enough to stand in my way.”
“But, as for me, I will bury the brother I love.”
“I should have praise and honor for what I have done.”
What is the best evidence of Creon as a tragic hero?
“But it is worse to risk everything for stubborn pride.”
“I have been rash and foolish...fate has brought all my pride to a thought of dust.”
“I can give you no reason to think you are mistaken.”
“You girl struck fool, don’t play at words with me.”
What is not a component of Creon’s fall as a tragic hero?
Wife kills herself
Son kills himself
Thebes burns down
His own “stubborn pride”
