Antigone
Theme Development
Standard Addressed: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and
analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a
complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
Themes:
 Blindness vs. Sight
 Natural Law
 Citizenship vs. Family Loyalty
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Civil Disobedience
Fate vs. Free Will
Gender, Identity, & Female Roles
Directions: Identify three (different) themes that you will focus on throughout your course of reading. Provide 1 direct
quote for each theme from the play that illustrates your concept (be sure to include the speaker and Scene # in
parentheses after the quote). In addition to providing specific textual evidence, provide a 2-3 sentence analysis (for
each one) about how your concept is related to the characters/events in the play. Finally, provide an objective
summary of the section/pages read.
Theme
1.
Direct Quote
Analysis
Theme
2.
Direct Quote
Analysis
Theme
Direct Quote
3.
Analysis
Objective Summary for section/pages read: