Review for Antigone Test - Morgan Park High School
Review for Antigone Test English 2
Write a brief description of each of the characters.
Chorus Leader _________________________________________________________
Creon ________________________________________________________________
Antigone ______________________________________________________________
Oedipus ______________________________________________________________
Ismene ________________________________________________________________
Polyneices _____________________________________________________________
Haemon _______________________________________________________________
Tiresias _______________________________________________________________
Eurydice _______________________________________________________________
Guard _________________________________________________________________
Messenger ______________________________________________________________
Who is Sophocles?
What are the characteristics of a tragic hero?
Read the following excerpt from the play and answer the questions.
“So I did not mean
to let a fear of any human will
lead to my punishment among the gods.
I know all too well I’m going to die—
How could I not? – it makes no difference
What you decree…
When someone has to live the way I do,
Surrounded by so many evil things,
How can she fail to find benefit
In death?”
• Who is speaking?
• To whom is s/he speaking?
• Summarize the main idea the character is expressing.
• What is a synonym for decree ?
• What is one word that describes the speaker’s tone or attitude?
• What are two of the “many evil things” the character refers to?
Open your book.
Read the first stanza of the Third Ode on page 304 (“Those who live without tasting evil…which scream in pain against the wind.)
List 3 words, phrases or images that create a violent tone.
List 3 words, phrases, or images that create a fearful mood.
What two aspects of nature is the gods’ wrath compared to?
Which comparison is a metaphor?
Which comparison is a simile?
Quote the line that contains the allusion. What is an allusion?
Read the following excerpt from the end of the play and answer the questions.
“The most important part of true success
Is wisdom—not to act impiously
towards the gods, for boasts of arrogant men
bring on great blows of punishment—
so in old age men can discover wisdom.”
What must a person do to be successful?
What must a person do to be wise?
What is a synonym for impiously?
What is a synonym for arrogant?
Who is the “arrogant man”?
The following words can be used to define characters. Give a synonym for each of them. Match each character to the one or two word/s that best describes him/her.
|Descriptive Words |Characters |
|temperate |Creon |
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|fearful | |
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|obstinate |Ismene |
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|reverent | |
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|devastated |Antigone |
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|prudent | |
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|demeaning |Haemon |
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|pious | |
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|putrid |Eurydice |
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|insolent | |
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