YOU MUST FINISH READING p. 78-101 by Thursday. You will have one day of group work to do your questions, and then they will be due on Monday, 9/21.
Sophocles’ Antigone
Comprehension Questions for pgs 78-101
Write each answer thoughtfully and thoroughly. Provide a page and line reference for each answer.
1. Who is caught by the guards?
2. What was this person caught doing?
3. According to the Sentry, how did Antigone respond when she found her brother unburied?
4. When the sentry interrogated Antigone, what was her response?
5. When Creon interrogates Antigone and he asks her why she chose to break the law, what reasons does she give him? List at least three reasons.
6. According to the Chorus leader, who does Antigone resemble?
7. According to Creon, why did Antigone break the law? What two reasons does he give?
8. Who else does Creon want to interrogate about the burial? Why does he think she is guilty?
9. When Creon says that he wants Antigone arrested and executed, what does Antigone say to him? What does Antigone want him to do to her?
10. What does Antigone accuse Creon of being?
11. According to Antigone, why don’t the people of Thebes openly say their opinions to Creon?
12. On page 86, Creon tells Antigone to go to Hades and to love the dead. Then he tells her “While I’m alive, no woman is going to lord it over me.” What does this reveal about Creon’s anger towards Antigone?
Comprehension Questions for pgs 78-101
Write each answer thoughtfully and thoroughly. Provide a page and line reference for each answer.
1. Who is caught by the guards?
2. What was this person caught doing?
3. According to the Sentry, how did Antigone respond when she found her brother unburied?
4. When the sentry interrogated Antigone, what was her response?
5. When Creon interrogates Antigone and he asks her why she chose to break the law, what reasons does she give him? List at least three reasons.
6. According to the Chorus leader, who does Antigone resemble?
7. According to Creon, why did Antigone break the law? What two reasons does he give?
8. Who else does Creon want to interrogate about the burial? Why does he think she is guilty?
9. When Creon says that he wants Antigone arrested and executed, what does Antigone say to him? What does Antigone want him to do to her?
10. What does Antigone accuse Creon of being?
11. According to Antigone, why don’t the people of Thebes openly say their opinions to Creon?
12. On page 86, Creon tells Antigone to go to Hades and to love the dead. Then he tells her “While I’m alive, no woman is going to lord it over me.” What does this reveal about Creon’s anger towards Antigone?
13. When Creon accuses Ismene of burying the body, what does she say? How does Antigone respond to this?
14. Why does Ismene also wish to die?
15. Who is Antigone supposed to marry? What is their relationship like?
16. According to Creon, what is “acting like a woman”? What kind of behavior is involved?
14. Why does Ismene also wish to die?
15. Who is Antigone supposed to marry? What is their relationship like?
16. According to Creon, what is “acting like a woman”? What kind of behavior is involved?
17. What is the theme of the choral ode on pages 91-92?
18. What does Haemon say to Creon about his marriage? What is more important to Haemon, his father or his marriage?
19. What advice does Creon give Haemon about women?
20. What advice does Creon give Haemon about Antigone?
21. What are three reasons that Creon gives Haemon for killing Antigone?
22. What does Haemon tell his father about the opinion of the common people concerning Antigone?
23. What advice does Haemon give his father about being stubborn and thinking that he alone is right?
24. What examples does Haemon give to explain what can happen if one is too stubborn or firm?
25. How does Creon respond to Haemon’s advice and why is he so angry?
26. On pages 97-98, Creon and Haemon argue about the law and the rights of the king. What is Creon’s perspective? What is Haemon’s perspective?
27. What is the warning that Haemon gives Creon about Antigone’s death?
28. What does Creon say to Haemon to insult him on line 848? What does this reveal about his opinion of women?
29. How does Creon plan to execute Antigone?
19. What advice does Creon give Haemon about women?
20. What advice does Creon give Haemon about Antigone?
21. What are three reasons that Creon gives Haemon for killing Antigone?
22. What does Haemon tell his father about the opinion of the common people concerning Antigone?
23. What advice does Haemon give his father about being stubborn and thinking that he alone is right?
24. What examples does Haemon give to explain what can happen if one is too stubborn or firm?
25. How does Creon respond to Haemon’s advice and why is he so angry?
26. On pages 97-98, Creon and Haemon argue about the law and the rights of the king. What is Creon’s perspective? What is Haemon’s perspective?
27. What is the warning that Haemon gives Creon about Antigone’s death?
28. What does Creon say to Haemon to insult him on line 848? What does this reveal about his opinion of women?
29. How does Creon plan to execute Antigone?
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