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1 Antigone By Sophocles

2 Drama Dran: Greek word meaning to do or to act The Greek Theater:
Plays were part of festivals to honor Dionysus, god of wine Playwrights competed for honors Plays were held outdoors in amphitheaters No curtains Violence occurred offstage

3 Drama Literary terms: Monologue: a speech made by one character in a story, play, or poem Aside: short speech expressing the character’s thoughts, made directly to the audience and inaudible to the characters on stage Comic Relief: person who serves to lighten the mood of the play

4 Continued… Soliloquy: A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character made alone on stage Oxymoron: a statement that contradicts itself Allusion: reference to a famous person, place, etc. from literature, history, etc…

5 Continued… Prologue: Introduction to a literary work. Often sets the scene and introduces the conflict. Epilogue: concluding section added to the end of the work

6 Greek Plays Based on well-known myths
Emphasized reverence for the gods Plays centered on the suffering of a major character and ended in tragedy

7 Antigone Written by Sophocles (c B.C.) a high ranking government official, war general, and popular playwright It is the third of 3 plays based on the tragedy of the royal family of Thebes, a city in northeastern Greece

8 Characters in Antigone

9 Father of four children Blinded himself and died in exile
Oedipus Former king of Thebes who killed his father (Laius) and married his mother (Jocasta) Father of four children Blinded himself and died in exile

10 Married her son, Oedipus Committed suicide
Jocasta Former Queen of Thebes Married her son, Oedipus Committed suicide

11 Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta
*Antigone* Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta Determined to obey God’s laws, not man’s laws

12 Afraid to disobey man’s laws
Ismene Antigone’s sister Afraid to disobey man’s laws

13 Antigone’s dead brother Supported by Creon Buried with honors
Eteocles Antigone’s dead brother Supported by Creon Buried with honors

14 Antigone’s dead brother Left to rot as a traitor
Polyneices Antigone’s dead brother Left to rot as a traitor

15 Creon Antigone’s uncle Current king of Thebes

16 Eurydice Creon’s wife

17 Haimon Creon’s son Antigone’s fiancee

18 Prophet who has never been wrong
Tiresias Blind seer (wise man) Prophet who has never been wrong

19 QuickWrite 1 Tell me about a time in your life when you had to make a terrible or important decision. What were the circumstances? What did you decide? What was the outcome? Would you make the same decision again?

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