Summary (Leaving Cert Classical Studies): Quizzes
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What are stasimons in Greek tragedy?
What are stasimons in Greek tragedy?
Choral interludes with moral commentary
What is Creon's relationship to Antigone?
What is Creon's relationship to Antigone?
Her uncle
Which brother receives full burial honours?
Which brother receives full burial honours?
Eteocles
What does Ismene say about their ability to resist?
What does Ismene say about their ability to resist?
'We are only women, cannot fight men'
What does Creon say about authority?
What does Creon say about authority?
'The city is the king's – that's the law'
What is the punishment for burying Polyneices?
What is the punishment for burying Polyneices?
Death
What does the Chorus say in the 'Ode to Humanity'?
What does the Chorus say in the 'Ode to Humanity'?
'Wonders are many, none more than man'
How does Antigone justify her defiance?
How does Antigone justify her defiance?
'It was not Zeus who made this law'
Who is Haemon?
Who is Haemon?
Creon's son and Antigone's fiancé
What does Haemon warn will happen?
What does Haemon warn will happen?
'Her death will cause another'
How does Antigone describe her impending death?
How does Antigone describe her impending death?
'I go to wed the lord of shadows'
Who is Tiresias?
Who is Tiresias?
The blind prophet
Who dies first in the exodos?
Who dies first in the exodos?
Antigone
What does Creon say at the end?
What does Creon say at the end?
'I am nothing. I have lost everything'
What is the tragic progression in the play?
What is the tragic progression in the play?
Decree → defiance → confrontation → punishment → catastrophe