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Antigone: Scene 1: Quiz 2
1. Creon enters and addresses the Chorus from the top step. He delivers a political address. What symbol does he
use as an extended metaphor?
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2. What law does Creon decree? What is his justification for the new statute?
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3. Which of the following statements is an actual line that represents Creon’s priorities?
Circle as many as apply.
a. “It is not fair but we do what we can/ together, to achieve a fair democracy—while recognizing the
rights of each man.”
b. “As said by the Greeks: I am all ears.”
c. “And whomever places a friend above the good of his own country, he is nothing.”
d. “Our country is our safety.”
e. “To our women: we depend on your strength, mourning, and empathy/We allow you to grieve whom
you choose.”
f. “I am next in kin to the dead/ I now possess the throne and all its powers.”
4. Which of the following best describes Creon’s reaction to the Sentry? Circle all that apply.
a. anger
b. insecurity
c. amusement
d. respect
e. impatience
f. boredom
5. How does the sentry act when he addresses Creon? What does this suggest about Creon’s reputation?
a. He is very afraid, albeit snarky; Creon has a short temper and a harsh personality.
b. He is formal; Creon only listens to professional deliveries.
c. He is apathetic; no one in the kingdom respects Creon.
d. He is belligerent; no one in the kingdom takes Creon seriously.
e. He is absurd; his behavior says nothing about Creon.
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6. Annotate the following passage. Specifically, what is the meaning of the passage as a whole? What is the
meaning of each Strophe?
CHORUS: [Strophe 1]
Numberless are the world’s wonders, but none
More wonderful than man; the storm-gray sea
Yields to his prows, the huge crests bear him high;
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Earth, holy and inexhaustible, is graven
With shining furrows where his plows have gone
Year after year, the timeless labor of stallions.
[Antistrope 1]
The light-boned birds and beasts that cling to cover,
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The lithe fish lighting their reaches of dim water,
All are taken, tamed in the net of his mind;
The lion on the hill, the wild horse windy-maned,
Resign to him; and his blunt yoke has broken
The sultry shoulders of the mountain bull.
[Strophe 2]
Words also, and thought as rapid as air,
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He fashions to his good use; statecraft is his,
And his the skill that deflect the arrows of snow,
The spears of winter rain: from every wind
He has made himself secure––from all but one:
In the late wind of death he cannot stand.
[Antistrophe 2]
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure!
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O fate of man, working both good and evil!
When the laws are kept, how proudly his city stands!
When the laws are broken, what of his city then?
Never may the anarchic man find rest at my hearth,
Never be it said that my thoughts are his thoughts.
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