| How are Antigone and Ismeme related? | Sisters, daughters of Oedipus |
| What are the two brother mentioned in the prologue? | Eteocles and Polyneices |
| How did the two brothers die? | They were on opposing sides in a Civil war, they killed each other in battle |
| What is King Creon’s decree? | Polyneices, consider traitor and receive no burialEteocles shall receive hero’s burial |
| What does Antigone plan to do? | Plans to bury brother, Poly, according to Law of Gods |
| What is Ismene’s decision regarding King’s decree? | Too afraid to help Antigone |
| What does the Choragos compare Poly to in the Parodos? | A wild eagle, swooping down on the city of Thebes |
| What city had “seven gates in a yawning ring”? | The city of Thebes |
| What does the Chorus compare Thebes to? | A personification of those who rise to defend the city, a dragon |
| What does God hate? (According to Choragos) | “the bray of bragging tongues”, those who brag of their successes |
| Antigone | Criminal, daughter of Oedipus |
| Ismene | Sister of Antigone |
| Creon | King |
| Polyneices | Son of Oedipus, not receiving burial |
| Eteocles | Son of Oedipus, receiving burial |
| Conflict in prologue | Antigone goes against Civil Law to bury brother, according to Divine Law |
| FOIL: Antigone & Ismene | Believes woman are strong, does notExtrovert, IntrovertAggressive, Passive |
| Qualities Antigone posses | Loyalty |
| Faults Antigone posses | Rebel, stubborn, head-strong |
| Ismene character | Yields authority, passive |
| Role of women is story | Weak, no power |
| Antigone’s attitude toward Ismene | Not supportive |
| Awful sin father committed that they have to live with? | Killed Father/King, slept with Mother |
| Primary characters? | Antigone & Creon |
Questions| Antigione Prologue
February 16, 2020