Words to know
Brenda Rodriguez
P.5
Vocabulary Word
Definition
1. Repulse
Part of
Speech
verb
2. Sated
verb
satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full.
3. Auspicious
adjective conducive to success; favorable.
4. Contempt
noun
the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath
consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.
5. Reverence
noun
deep respect for someone or something.
6. Impassively
adjective giving no sign of feeling or emotion
7. Anarchist
noun
person who rebels against any authority, established
order, or ruling power
8. Insolence
noun
rude and disrespectful behavior.
9. Perverse
adjective willfully determined or disposed to
go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary
contradictory compliant
10. Piety
noun
reverence
disloyalty
11. Transgress
verb
disobey
obey
to push someone or something back or away, especially
to successfully stop an attack:
Symbol
 Explain
The army, they left from
the assault on Thebes
Synonym
Antonym
reject
Attract
The jaws, they were
filled with blood
Gratify
dissatisfy
Creon, everything that
was bad was happening
to others because he got
what he wanted
The citizens, they were
beneath Creon
prosperous
Unpromising
Dishonor
admiration
Eteocles, he was
admired and respected
after death
Creon, he would kill his
family if necessary
without feeling guilt or
doubt
Antigone, she rebelled
against the king by
burying her brother
Antigone, she
disrespects Creon’s laws
respect
Disregard
Emotionless
Sensitive
Creon, because he is
wrong and being
contradictory towards
everything
dutiful respect or regard for parents, homeland, etc.:
Antigone, she is loyal
and shows respect
towards her family
to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin. Antigone, she disobeys
Creon’s law
revolutionary Authoritarian
impertinence
respectful
12. Lamentation Noun
the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping.
Antigone’s death, it
caused people grief
grief
exultation
13. Defile
verb
to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
Gods, no one can play
dirty tricks on the gods
sully
honor
14. Somberly
adjective gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted:
Creon’s wish, the death
he wants for Antigone is
a dark wish
dull
cheerfully
Character Frame
Character name
Personality
Trait
1. Antigone a. Loyal
Character’s action supporting trait
Quote Supporting Trait
1. She wants to bury her brother, so his soul
could rest in piece
1. “He is my brother. And he is your brother, too” (Prologue line
33).
2. “But I will bury him; and if I must die” (Prologue line 55).
1. “You may do as you like Since apparently the laws of the god
mean nothing to you.” (Prologue lines 62-63)
2. “I dared. It was not God’s proclamation. That final Justice That
rules the world below makes no such laws” (Scene II lines 357-359).
1. “They say that Creon has sworn No one shall burry him, no one
mourn for him” (Prologue lines 19-20)
2. “Creon is not enough to stand in my way” (Prologue line 35).
1. “You have made your choice, you can be what you want to be.
But I will bury him; and if I must die” (Prologue lines 54-55).
2. “Go away, Ismene: I shall be hating you soon, and the dead will
too, For your words are hateful” (Prologue lines 77-80).
1.“And if she lives or dies, that’s her affair, not ours” (Scene 4 lines
711-713)
2. “Our own death would be if we should go against Creon”
(Prologue line 45).
1. “Good. That is the way to behave: subordinate
Everything else, my son, to your father’s will” (Scene 4 lines 503504).
2.” there are other men
Who can reason, too; and their opinions might be helpful” (Scene 4
lines 546-547).
2. She is loyal to the gods
b. Stubborn 1. She wants to bury her brother despite
what Creon’s law says
2. She is adamant that she will bury him
despite Ismene’s opinion
2. King
Creon
a. Selfish
1.Would kill his family if necessary
2. He thinks he’s superior to everyone
b.Strict
1. He thinks his laws shouldn’t be
disobeyed by anyone
2. Doesn’t care about the public’s opinion
on his ruling, he thinks he’s always right
3. Ismene
a. Wimp
1.She follows the law excessively because
she fears it
2. Doesn’t stand up for her beliefs and
doesn’t belief in herself
b. Fearful
1. She is scared of death at first
2. She is scared of Antigone’s death
4. Haemon
a. Faithful
1. Stands up for his fiancée
2. Stands up for the people
b.
1. Stands up to his father to do the right thing
Courageous
2.Not afraid of death
1. “You dare defy the law” (Scene 2 line 356)
2.“You will give no support to whoever breaks this law.” (Scene 1
line 185).
1. “No, they are with me. But they keep their tongues in leash”
(Scene II line 404).
2.” there are other men
Who can reason, too; and their opinions might be helpful” (Scene 4
lines 546-547).
1. “Bury him! You have just said the new law forbids it” (Prologue
line 32).
2. “But think of the danger! Think what Creon will do!” (Prologue
line 34).
1.” They mean a great deal to me, but I have no strength To break
laws that were made for the public good” (Prologue lines 64-65).
2. “Impossible things should not be tried at all” (Prologue line 73).
1. “We are only women, We cannot fight with men, Antigone!”
(Prologue lines 46-47).
2. “They mean a great deal to me, but I have no strength To break
laws that were made for the public good” (Prologue lines 64-65).
1.” What do I care for life when you are dead?” (Scene II line 440).
2. “But can I do nothing?” (Scene II line 443).
1. “Then she must die- But her death will cause another” (Scene 3 line
610)
2. “she will not die here, King.” (Scene 3 line 623).
1. “You are not in a position to know everything
That people say or do, or what they feel” (Scene 3 lines 548-549)
2.“Your temper terrifies them––everyone Will tell you only what you like
to hear” (Scene 3 lines 550-551).
1. “Ah. Who is it that’s talking like a boy now?” (Scene 3 line 595).
2. “You are not in a position to know everything
That people say or do, or what they feel” (Scene 3 lines 548-549
1. “Then she must die- But her death will cause another” (Scene 3 line
610)
2.Desperate against himself, drove it half its length Into his own side
(Scene 5 lines 971-972).
Conflict Frame
Who is the
What is the conflict?
character with
the conflict?
1. Antigone A. When she was inside
the cave she needed to
choose what she was
going to do
2. King
Creon
3. Ismene
4. Haemon
Internal or external
What are the effects
of the conflict?
What are the causes
of the conflict?
How is the conflict resolved?
Internal
Haemon kills
himself, then
Eurydice, and Creon
ends up alone with
everyone against
him
She dies, then
Haemon follows,
and at the end
Eurydice
He kills her and
Haemon and
Eurydice die after
She is locked in the
cave left to die due
to burying her
brother and
disobeying Creon’s
life
Creon didn’t bury
Polyneices for being
a traitor
She knew she was going to
die, so she made the decision
to hang herself, so she
wouldn't have to suffer
Antigone defies his
law and buries her
brother
Locking her away in a cave so
her blood would not be on his
hands.
He kills her, many
kill themselves as a
result
She wishes to die
with her sister
She broke the law
by burying her
brother
Antigone wants to
break the law
He kills her
External
She stays alive and
doesn’t take the
blame
She feels guilty for
not helping
Antigone
Internal
He chooses her, and
his father is
ashamed
His father no longer
respects him and
believes Antigone
has changed him
Antigone broke the
law and Creon
wants to punish her
Creon’s beliefs are
immoral
B. Ismene and Antigone’s
conflict on burying
Polyneices
External
A. If Antigone lives or
dies
Internal
B. His conflict with
his niece, Antigone
External
A.Ismene is torn between
obeying the law or her
conscience
B.Argues with her sister
for taking the blame
A. Whether to support
his father or
Antigone
B. Argues with his
father since he’s
stubborn
Internal
External
She decided to be loyal to her
brother and buried him
Antigone tells her sister that
she shouldn’t take the blame
for something she didn’t do
Antigone tells her to not
blame herself for something
she didn’t do so she stays
alive
He supports Antigone, and
ends up killing himself
He refuses to agree with his
father