Antigone

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Antigone

Please have your homework out, but do not turn it in… you will use part of it today.

Review Dates: Nov. 29-30

Test Dates: Part I-II, Dec. 3

Part III, Dec. 4-7

In your small groups

 Take turns answering the questions from the last scenes of Antigone .

 Compare your theme statements and write your best two on the board. Please make sure they’re of different content.

 Compare your examples of Tragic Figure for both Creon and Antigone.

As a group discuss and make a decision of who the most tragic figure in the play is and be prepared to defend your answer.

Each person should have a piece of paper to write his/her notes on the following:

List the 10 most important things that happen in the play in chronological order (what happens first, then second, etc.)

What are Creon’s strengths and weaknesses as a leader?

 What is Sophocles trying to point out with the following:

The role of women in Greek society

The role of the public in Greek society

The role of the government and leadership in Greek society

The role of religion in Greek society

The role of family loyalty in Greek society

Rank order the following concepts in order of their importance to the play Antigone :

Leadership

Family Loyalty

Religion

Societal Rules

Patriotism

Compassion

Write the reasons for your number 1 and 2 choices by giving examples (bullet list) from the play.

Rank order the characters in the play you are able to identify with the most to the least:

Antigone

Creon

Eurydice

Ismene

Haimon

Choragos

Write the reasons for your number 1 and 2 choices by giving examples (bullet list) from the play.

Now, pick one set of the Chorus/Choragos's lines. On your own paper, write:

 the page number(s) of the passage you are analyzing

Three examples of figurative language labeled with an explanation of what the chorus/choragos is talking about.

Two examples of allusion with an explanation of what the chorus/choragus is talking about.

Three examples of imagery labeled (aural, visual, etc.) with an explanation of what the chorus/choragos is talking about.

One example of a line/lines where the syntax of the sentence adds emphasis with an explanation of what is being emphasized.

A summary of the chorus/choragos’s main point(s) is/are in the passage.

Essay Exam Prep:

 Prepare your 3x5 card with:

The name of the tragic figure

The theme associated with that tragic figure

A list of events and quotations that demonstrate: arete, hamartia, ate, and nemesis.

Be certain to document your quotations with the scene and line numbers the quotations come from.

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