 | Term | Definition |
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Sophocles |
Author of Antigone? |
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Oedipus |
Father of Antigone? |
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He killed his father and married his mother |
What is so memorable about Antigone's father? |
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She suicided by hanging herself |
How did Antigone's mother die? |
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Thebes |
What is the setting for Antigone? |
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Burial rituals for her brother |
For what act is Antigone sentenced to death? |
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she wanted to bury her brother |
Antigone chooses to risk death because... |
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she committed incest |
Jocasta killed herself because she... |
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of an omen stating Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother |
As a baby, Oedipus was abandoned on a hillside by his father because... |
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The sentry catches her burying her brother's body the second time |
How is Antigone caught? |
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By saying human arrogance continues to provoke the wrath of the gods |
How does the chorus explain the curse on the house of Odepius? |
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Ismene did not help Antigone burry the body and just wanted the glory |
Why does Antigone not allow Ismene to take the blame for burying Polynicies? |
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She suicides by hanging herself |
How does Antigone die? |
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Tries to kill his father, Creon |
What does Haimon do just before killing himself? |
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Ironic |
The fact that Teiresius is blind yet has greater vision that those who are sighted is? |
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To avoid personal retribution and loss of his kingdom |
What is Creon's motive for finally wishing to free Antigone and bury Polyneices? |
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Zeus |
god of all man, heaven, and thunder. |
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Poseidon |
god of sea. |
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Athena |
god of wisdom, war and skill. |
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Artemis |
god of the hunting , nature, and moon. |
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Aphrodite |
god of beauty and love. |
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Hera |
god of women and childbirth. |
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Hermes |
god of messages, travelers and tricksters. |
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Apollo |
god of the sun, fine art, medicine, and prophecy. |
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Hephaestus |
god of fire and forge. |
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People can change their own fate. |
What can you infer from Casiuss' words? |
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Chaos in Rome. |
In scene 3, Shakespeare uses a violent storm and other natural events to suggest... |
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Ceaser |
In Act ll, Brutus' soliloqy reveals his true feelings about... |
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Calphurnia's dream |
Ceasar's initial decision to stay home rather than to go to the senate is a reponse to... |
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Decius giving a positive interpretation of Calphurnia's dreams |
Ceasar's conflict about whether to go to the senate is resolved by... |
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Capable of becoming a tyrant |
Brutus compares Ceasar to a newly hatched serpent in order to show that Ceasar is... |
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Conniving, persuasive, and decietful |
When he arrives to take Ceasar to the Senate, Decius is characterized as..... |
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see if he can safely come out talk to Brutus and if he can take Ceaser's corpse. |
Antony sends a servant to Brutus immediatly after Ceasar's death to... |
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the spilling of the conspirator's blood. |
After the conspirators kill Ceasar, they bathe their hands and swords in Ceasar's blood. These actons forshadow... |
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die a prisoner under Ceaser's rule. |
Brutus confesses that he would rather commit suicide than... |
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Julius Ceasar |
Leader of Rome. |
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Brutus |
Friend that betrays Ceasar. |
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Antony |
Most trusted friend of Ceasar. |
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Cassius |
Leader of the conspirators. |
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Casca |
First to stab. |
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Calphurnia |
Ceasar's wife. |
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Portia |
Brutus' wife. |
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Octavius |
Heir to Ceasar's throne. |
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Cinna |
? |
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Cinna the Poet |
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