Antigone Annotation Assignment: Due on Thursday/Friday, May 8 and 9
An annotation is a note or comment that is made while reading any form of text. What the reader gets
from annotating is a deeper initial reading and an understanding of the text that lasts. You can deliberately
engage the author in conversation and questions, maybe stopping to argue, pay a compliment, or clarify
an important issue.
You must carefully read Antigone and annotate the text throughout. I will look for MANY annotations
throughout your play. Here are some suggestions for what you might write as your annotations:
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Offer an analysis or interpretation of what is happening in the text.
Comment on the actions of a leader and the affects of leadership … on leadership as a whole.
Ask a question of the author. You may also put your thoughts on the answer to the question
Make connections to other parts of the book. Feel free to use direct quotes from the book.
Make connections to other texts you have read or seen, including movies, news events, other books, stories, plays,
songs, or poems
Re-write, paraphrase, or summarize a particularly difficult passage or moment.
Make meaningful connections to your own life experiences.
Explain the historical context or traditions/social customs that are used in the passage.
Point out and discuss literary techniques that the author is using.
Antigone Essay Assignment: Final Draft Due: Thursday/Friday, May 8 and 9
Write an essay responding to the following prompt. Make sure that final drafts are typed, 12 point font,
and double spaced. Minimum Length 500 words.
Prompt: Why does Creon fail as a leader? What mistakes does he make? What leadership qualities does
he lack that are essential to maintaining leadership? Refer to and quote the text to support your ideas.
Include a strong thesis in the first paragraph.
Include all of the following:
Paragraph 1: Introduction and Thesis Statement
Thesis should state the main purpose or position of your essay along with the 3 most arguable reasons that
Creon fails as a leader. Example: Creon fails as a leader because he makes an unjust law, he defies the law
of the gods, and he is slow to realize his mistakes.
9 Body Paragraphs written in Context Claim Quote Commentary (CCQC) format:
Example: In scene 2 when Antigone addresses Creon (Context), she makes the point to Creon that he has
defied the law of the Gods (Claim). She states, “It was not God’s proclamation. That final justice that
rules the world below makes no such laws.(Quote)” Antigone reminds Creon that just because he is King
does not mean that he doesn’t have to follow the law of god. In burying Polyneices, she is honoring the
dead. She shows the proper respect to the Gods and justifies her actions in disobeying the law of a King.
Sophocles wants the reader to understand that Creon has placed himself above the Gods and is therefore
unjust (Commentary).
Conclusion Paragraph – Restate your main points. What have you concluded?