| vigil | wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping.a watch or a period of watchful attention maintained at night or at other times |
| trangress | Go beyond boundaries |
| revel | loud and boisterous festivities |
| implacable | unable to be appeased or pacified |
| In the beginning of scene four, how has the tone of Antigone’s speech changed? | She is not as confident and boastful of her “crime” because the reality that death is near |
| What metaphor does Antigone use to describe her grave | Bride/ wedding (because she was soon supposed to marry Haimon, but she is now”marrying death” |
| Creon changes her death from public stoning to what and why | changes it to locking her in a stone vault away from the city with no food, so that the citizens do not know what is going on and her death cannot be blamed on Creon |
| As Antigone regrets dying what wish does she make for Creon | She wishes Creon punishment equals her own, which is a foreshadow of his death |
| What is the main idea of ode 4 | Antigone resembles the fate of many others in Greek mythology |
| calamity | great tragedy or disaster |
| recoils | draws back |
| defiled | Verb made filthy; violated the honor of |
| aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. |
| What terrible site does Tiresias “see” when he is studying the birds | The birds are attacking eachother and making terrible noises |
| What is unusual about the offer Tiresias makes to the Gods | The offering does not flame like it should, rather like bubbles and such |
| How does Tiresias explain the birds behavior? why are the gods angry | They are behaving weird because they have been eating the rotten corpse of Polyneices, and the gods are angry because Creon did not obey them and bury Polyneices |
| What advice does Tiresias offer Creon | To give in and do not fight with a corpse |
| What does Tiresias claim to have made Creon a king? | The family curse when Tiresias revealed Oedipus’ true identity and his sons and him all died leaving Creon left to rule |
| Who is the “child who is thrust into living night”? | Antigone |
| What is Tiresias’s prediction | Tiresias predicts that Antigone and Haimon will die and Cr eon’s house will be full of weeping men and women |
| What two actions does the chorogus tell Creon to take | Free Antigone and bury Polyneices |
| What is the main idea of the Paean | The citizens of Thebes are asking Dionysos to come and heal the people of their sorrow |
| What does the messenger say about fate | That it is unavoidable and man cannot control is (also says that no matter how much money you have, if you have no loved ones, you will not be happy) |
| Who killed themselves | 1) Antigone2) Haimon- when he sees Antigone is dead he tries to kill his father (Creon) but ends up killing himself3) Eurydice- when she sees her son has killed himself |
| According to the Choragus what brings happiness | wisdon-wisdon and pride don’t go hand in hand |
| Resolution of the play | There is no happiness where there is no wisdom*proud people must submit to the wills of the Gods and only in that will they find peace |
Antigone Scene 4/5
February 15, 2020