REVIEW TEST: CH7 INFERENCES
You need a red
book.
No phones.
No talking.
Turn in when
finished.
WHAT IS TRAGEDY?
Video
Take
notes!!!
WHO IS SOPHOCLES?
• Born in 496 BC- Lived
to be 90.
• From Colonus-was born into a
wealthy family.
• One of three great
Greek tragic
playwrights.
• 123 Dramas
• Added 3rd charactersBefore this, all dramas
were played with only two
characters
• Entered his plays into contestsawarded first place 20 times and
second place all others.
• Wrote during the “Golden
Age.”-wrote over 100 plays.
• Scene painting. Skilled in music.
Only seven remain
• Realistic and grim
Take notes!
GREEK THEATRE
• Tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival every
year in Athens.
• Awards were given to the playwright who presented the best series of three
dramas.
• Plays were performed in vast outdoor amphitheaters that could seat 40,000
• All actors were men. They wore masks with built-in megaphones so they
could be heard. Actors’ movements were bold and definite.
• The stage was a slightly raised platform.
• Violent action took place offstage; messengers told the audience what had
happened.
GREEK THEATRE (C0N.)
The Chorus—a group of actors who moved and sang together—
acted as one character and spoke in unison during the Choral
Odes, which separated the scenes of drama.
Greek theater incorporated unities of time, place, and action, which meant
that there were no scene changes, and no complicated subplots; the plays
took place in one day and in one place and focused on once event.
The audience knew the story ahead of time. The emotion of the
characters is what they came to see.
THE “GREATEST THEATRE”--EPIDAURUS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CVO9Vd067U
BACKGROUND: ANTIGONE
Prezi
Video
Take notes!!
Add “tragedy” to your vocabulary notebook.
Tragedy= a play in which the hero dies or experiences a
downfall, usually because of his/her own flaw.
WARM-UP: RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS
1. Antigone’s brothers set out to conquer (one another,
each other).
2. Her extended family members always cooked for (one
another, each other).
3. Katie and Charlene were excited to go to Dublin,
Ireland with (one another, each other).
REVIEW MAIN POINTS OF OEDIPUS
 Oedipus: Son of Jocasta and Lais. Sent away to be raised
by Polybus and Merope. Accidentally fulfills his fate of
killing his father (Lais)and marrying his mother (ew)
 Has four children: Antigone, Ismene, Polyneices, and
Eteocles. Not only are they his children… but they are also
his ______. (ew again!)
REVIEW MAIN POINTS OF OEDIPUS
 The oracle reveals that a plague is on Thebes
because they were harboring a pollutant, or one
who killed his own father
 Upon finding out what had happened, Jocasta kills
herself and Oedipus stabs himself in the eyes,
blinding himself.
 He then goes into exile and gives power to his two
sons to share.
REVIEW MAIN POINTS OF OEDIPUS
 Polyneices and Eteocles agree to share rule when they
are old enough
 Eteocles refuses to give up rule when it is his turn to do
so
 Polyneices leads an assault on Thebes in retaliation,
and the two brothers murder each other in the process
 Uncle Creon (Jocasta’s brother) takes over as king.
CREON’S DECREE:
 Eteocles will be buried with honors because he died
defending his kingdom
 Polyneices will be left to rot in the open so that birds will eat
his corpse and he will die a dishonorable death because he
attacked his own kingdom
This goes against the rules of the gods
 Antigone believes he should have a proper burial and has to
find a way to make it happen
And so it begins…
CHARACTERS IN ANTIGONE:
 Antigone: daughter of Oedipus
 Ismene: daughter of Oedipus
 Eurydice: wife of Creon
 Creon: King of Thebes, uncle of Antigone and Ismene
 Haimon: son of Creon
 Teiresias: a blind prophet
 A Sentry
 A Messenger
 Chorus: elders of Thebes
 Choragos: leader of the Chorus
4.13 HOW DO YOU FEEL? (PAGE276)
Read the brief character situations from Antigone.
Then adopt a point of view of the characters.
4.14 MEET THE CADMUS FAMILY (PG. 279)
You can use your notes! You may work with one partner.
Your team should attempt to get the most points!