10B- All students must do questions 31 and 32. Questions 1-30 have been divided up equally for you.
Rina: 1,17
Alexis: 2,18
Victoria: 3,19
Da Yeol: 4,20
Julia: 5,21
Nicky: 6,22
Gyeong Mi: 7,23
Camilla: 8,24
Paul: 9,25
Grace Joo: 10,26
Jin Hyung: 11, 27
Rachel: 12, 28
Deog Hun, 13, 29
Esther: 14, 29
Hyun Kee: 15, 30
Bruce: 16, 30
10A: all students must do 29-32, in addition to two other comprehension questions.
Anna: 1, 15
Erica: 2,16
Max: 3, 17
Kevin: 4, 18
Jas: 5, 19
Jenny: 6, 20
Justin: 7, 21
John: 8, 22
Jane: 9, 23
Isaac: 10, 24
Jasmin: 11, 25
Cassie: 12, 26
Jessie: 13, 27
Feli: 14, 28
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Antigone
Comprehension Questions for p. 101-128
1. What is the theme of the choral song on page 101?
2. As Antigone is led down the path to her tomb, she compares her death march to a wedding procession. Who does she say she is going to wed?
3. According to the Chorus, how is Antigone unlike anybody else?
4. According to the Chorus on page 103, what are the two potential reasons behind why Antigone is being put to death?
5. On page 103, who is the “dear brother” that Antigone refers to and how has this brother harmed Antigone?
6. According to the Chorus on page 104, what has destroyed Antigone?
7. When Antigone mourns that there is nobody there to weep or mourn for her, how does Creon respond?
8. How does Antigone describe her tomb? List four different names she gives it.
9. What is Antigone’s “one good hope” as she dies?
10. According to Antigone, when will she know if she was wrong for disobeying Creon? What is her wish for those who punish her?
11. What is the theme of the choral ode on p. 108-109?
12. Who comes to advise Creon about the situation concerning Antigone? What is the warning he gives Creon concerning his fate?
13. When Tiresias comes to visit Creon, he tells him a story about what happened when he was making a sacrifice to the gods. Relate this story and then explain why Tiresias believes these things are significant.
14. What is the advice that Tiresias gives Creon about mistakes and stubbornness?
15. How does Creon respond to Tiresias’s advice?
16. According to Tiresias, what is the greatest gift we have? How does Creon reply to this?
17. According to Creon, why is Tiresias giving him this warning?
18. After Creon provokes Tiresias by insulting him, what is the final warning that Tiresias gives Creon?
19. When Creon hears this final warning, how does he respond? How is he conflicted? What does the Chorus leader advise Creon to do?
20. What does Creon finally decide to do?
21. What does the messenger say about fate and fortune? Who does he use as an example to prove his point?
22. What horrible news does the messenger bring?
23. Who is Eurydice? When Eurydice hears the news of Haemon’s death, how does she react?
24. Describe, in detail, the circumstances of Haemon and Antigone’s death.
25. After Eurydice hears the awful details of Haemon’s suicide, what does she do?
26. After Haemon commits suicide, does Creon change in any way? Give specific lines to prove your point of view.
27. What horrible news does the messenger bring Creon as he’s bringing the dead body of Haemon into the city? How did this happen?
28. After Creon realizes that in addition to Haemon’s death, Eurydice has also died, what does he say about himself on page 126? How is he “nothing?” Of all the characters in this play, who does Creon most resemble now?
29. What are Creon’s last words in the play? What dominant imagery is present in this final speech? Where else in the play is this same imagery used?
30. What are the final words of the Chorus at the end of the play? How does it relate to the entire play?
31. Now that you know the end of the play, some parts of this play will seem especially ironic or especially great examples of foreshadowing. Go back over the entire play and find two examples of foreshadowing and irony each.
1. EXAMPLE OF FORESHADOWING:
2. EXAMPLE OF FORESHADOWING:
3. EXAMPLE OF TRAGIC IRONY:
4. EXAMPLE OF TRAGIC IRONY:
32. Now that you have read the entire play, what themes within the play seem most dominant to you? What questions does this play raise, and what answers does it give?
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