Literary Techniques (Leaving Cert Classical Studies): Quizzes
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What is dramatic irony in Antigone?
What is dramatic irony in Antigone?
When audience knows more than characters
What does the audience know that creates irony regarding Antigone's statement about Zeus?
What does the audience know that creates irony regarding Antigone's statement about Zeus?
She speaks divine truth
Who comprises the Chorus in Antigone?
Who comprises the Chorus in Antigone?
Theban elders
What is the Chorus's most famous contribution to Antigone?
What is the Chorus's most famous contribution to Antigone?
Ode to Man
What does Antigone argue for in her rhetoric?
What does Antigone argue for in her rhetoric?
Divine law & family duty
What does Haemon appeal to in his rhetoric with Creon?
What does Haemon appeal to in his rhetoric with Creon?
Reason & moderation
What does burial symbolise in Antigone?
What does burial symbolise in Antigone?
Piety, family loyalty & divine order
What dual symbolism does the tomb represent?
What dual symbolism does the tomb represent?
Prison & bridal chamber
What is stichomythia?
What is stichomythia?
Rapid line-by-line exchanges
What does Haemon prophetically predict?
What does Haemon prophetically predict?
Antigone's death will cause another
How does Antigone differ from Medea & Philoctetes structurally?
How does Antigone differ from Medea & Philoctetes structurally?
No god intervenes at the end
What is catharsis in the context of Antigone?
What is catharsis in the context of Antigone?
Purification of emotions via pity/fear
Unlike Medea, what does Antigone lack?
Unlike Medea, what does Antigone lack?
Deus ex machina